Woman's plane window didn't have a blind so she used safety card for 8 hours
A plane passenger ended up sticking a booklet over her window during an eight-hour flight as it was the only way she was able to get any shade, she has claimed. Ally Shapiro was aboard a Delta plane from Nice in France to New York earlier this month. When she settled into her seat ready for the trans-Atlantic crossing, the content creator discovered something was amiss with her window.
Ally posted one video of the plane in which she explained she had to tape her "own window shade" after her plane window was missing one on an eight-hour flight with Delta. In a later video she filmed herself sticking a Delta flight-safety booklet to the window next to her seat and giving a thumbs-up to the camera.
"I used to be a very loyal delta customer, but this was just insane," Ally wrote in the caption. She also explained that she was asked by a member of staff to remove the safety booklet before the plane landed because "management would be upset".
In another clip Ally responded to claims made by some on TikTok that the plane window may have been fitted with a button-operated shade-tint option that she had missed.
"This window did not have a tint. As you can see, I walked onto the plane, and it already had this tape on it because there was no window shade," she said. "The first stewardess was very rude to us, very dismissive, basically saying, 'What do you want me to do about it?' And I'm like, it's an eight-hour flight from Nice to New York. I need to sleep. I cannot be on this flight with 1,000-degree temperature and no window shade for eight hours."
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Ally, who said she had spent $2,000 (£1,560) for the ticket, claimed a flight attendant had given her the tape and the safety booklet so she could craft the shade. "As someone that already has so much anxiety when I fly, this was a really sucky situation for me, and I wish they could've handled it better or at least offer us a different seat because I cannot fly like this," she added.
Delta has been contacted for comment.
Plane windows are shaped as they are for good reason (Getty Images)A lot of time and effort has gone into making sure the design of the windows is perfect, which is why they're a peculiar round shape and have tiny holes in them. The windows are mainly there to improve the experience for passengers, so they don't feel claustrophobic, but also so rescuers can see into the plane in the event of an accident.
Windows used to be square but were changed after two devastating tragedies that happened in the 1950s.
In January 1954, a flight from Rome to London disintegrated in the sky and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, killing all 35 passengers and crew on board. Just months later, a South African Airways flight from London to Johannesburg crashed into the sea and the 21 dead passengers had similar head and lung injuries to those on the other flight.
It transpired that the windows were a major factor in the metal fatigue that caused explosive decompression and the plane breaking up mid-air.
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