John, 80% of the fun of flying is watching the ground get farther away and objects get smaller :-) The other half is the rush of speed, even though it's relative to objects passing by your window. On Mon, 27 May 2002 10:51:53 -0700 "John Eric Conner (AOL IM: jec9) (Fax: 978 231 6366)" <nostep@attbi.com> writes: > Of all my trips on UA or OO I recall only one time where there was > talk of keeping the shade up. Only once. I regulary would be annoyed durring > landing at people in window seats having the shades down and blocking my > view. I have learned to ask for and get a window seat not over the wing. > > John Conner/PWT >