Heat on an airplane

[dioxide45]

The last two flights. Nice and cool when we board. Then sometime mid flight they decide to crank the heat up. On the last flight I heard the flight attendant say they needed to make it warmer because it felt chilly. I think to myself, put a jacket on because I can’t remove the one damn tshirt I’m wearing. Well, I can but probably shouldn’t.

It was clear other passengers noticed as I saw lots of fidgeting with the overhead vents.

What kind of demon’s spawn wants the heat cranked up on any flight. I would rather be cold than hot.

 

[jp10558]

One thing I've noticed is (a lot) of people who run cold also refuse to use any of the existing, widely available technology to regulate their own body temps individually and instead crank up the heat in the car/house/plane whatever. Within some reasonable bound in the rare event I'm cold I start with putting on a jacket or equivalent, try a blanket, and personal hand warmer kind of things etc. Now on a plane the hand warming options are limited. Of course this assumes like a 15 degree variance. If it's 32F inside I'll agree turn up the HVAC.

I have not gotten very far with suggesting these ideas, instead like you point out I'm supposed to IDK produce some new cooling tech that isn't me being publicly indecent or constantly asking for new icebags or something.

 

[Hindsite]

Was it long haul, I find they do this on flights to get people to snooze and be quieter?

 

[ljmiii]

Was it long haul, I find they do this on flights to get people to snooze and be quieter?

I was going to say this. Warming the cabin, dimming the lights, and encouraging people to lower their window shades in the middle of the flight to encourage napping/sleeping seems to be pretty common these days.

 

[dioxide45]

Was it long haul, I find they do this on flights to get people to snooze and be quieter?

These were short flights. One less than 2.5 hours and the other was a little over an hour. One flight was after dark.

 

[Carolinian]

The worst aircraft type for heating I have only flown on once and did not have that problem on that flight, and it is a British built aircraft called a Trislander. It is prop driven with two propellers under the wings and the third on the tailfin. My flight on one was from the Channel Island of Guernsey to a minor city in France. These planes are notorious for blowing a fuse on their heating system while in flight. The fuse can only be replaced after the plane has landed, so you can be without heat much of a flight. Passengers often take extra clothing just in case.

 

[davidvel]

The last two flights. Nice and cool when we board. Then sometime mid flight they decide to crank the heat up. On the last flight I heard the flight attendant say they needed to make it warmer because it felt chilly. I think to myself, put a jacket on because I can’t remove the one damn tshirt I’m wearing. Well, I can but probably shouldn’t.

It was clear other passengers noticed as I saw lots of fidgeting with the overhead vents.

What kind of demon’s spawn wants the heat cranked up on any flight. I would rather be cold than hot.

Air cooling on jet aircraft is generated by the engines, which increases fuel burn. By increasing the temp, the flight can save a bit on fuel expense, more than you would think. With the exponential increase in jet fuel cost, this can mitigate the losses the airlines are dealing with.