Cabin Temperatures?

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Warm? Anything under 23° in airconditioning with drafts is cold.

I wear a jacket on all flights and have never found the cabin uncomfortable although it has been too cold at times.
 
Warm? Anything under 23° in airconditioning with drafts is cold.

I wear a jacket on all flights and have never found the cabin uncomfortable although it has been too cold at times.

That'll be your old age John
 
Remember too, that it's only an average temperature in a zone. I don't know how many temperature sensors there are per zone, but in any given cabin on an aircraft there will be quite disparate heating requirements. An average of 21ºC could easily have areas near the door in the teens, and others next to an air-conditioning duct in the mid twenties. Setting an average of 16º could well be extremely chilly for some....
I remember over 20 years working for a chemical company in an old building. The aircon was useless. They'd spent over $150,000 a year maintaining instead of investing $750,000 in a new aircon system.

Anyway I was freezing at my desk. The draft was unbearable. Engineering brought over a thermometer. The temperature fluctuated between 20.5° and 23.5° sometime in very short space of time. Those constant fluctuations are dangerous over long periods of time.

Note the recommended temperature for an office in those days was 23°-23.5°. If that's changed today that's a worry.
 
I'm glad I am not alone in feeling too warm on most flights. As others have mentioned if you're cold you have many ways to warm up including the blanket(s) almost all airlines provide in all classes however if you're too warm sitting in the dark wearing a t-shirt and underwear is still not going to cool you down...It's a one way street!

On long hauls I always presumed they turned the heating up to make everyone sleepy, turn off lights and provide less service.

I am sure a cooler temp makes people sleep hence why I posted the article about athletes being managed on long haul flights via strict temp controls in the cabin.

Talk here of 21 being a good temperature is amusing. It almost never happens. The temp has dipped below 21 on 4 of my last 100 flights. (Three times to 20.9 and once to 20.5. AA, BR, FJ and VA, if anyone cares.) Average temp for most airlines is around 23.5-24.

Another bad one is Asiana. Last time I was on one of their flights, I asked if the cabin temp could be turned down and nothing changed. When the head FA came by, I asked again. She sounded uncertain, so I told her I had another way to be comfortable then and poured the rest of my iced water down my back. The shocked look on her face was priceless and the cabin cooled down about a degree after that.

Please be my cabin partner for life! Hard statistics and physical magic tricks for cabin crew - priceless!
 
Just an update on my latest experience flying QF;

Flew the A330 from SYD to Asia on a 8hr flight. I was seated upfront of the Y cabin where it was a very toasty 27.1 degrees after meal service. Walking down to the toilets around row 50 it was a very cool 21 degrees exactly, while down the back galley it was 24.2 degrees.

Pretty wild variance and obv depending on your preference a lot of hot & cold passengers I imagine.
 
I agree that cabins are too warm...I have never felt too cold and called for the blanket. If it is too hot I cant sleep. :( I wish they make cabins cooler, and those that feel cold can call for the blanket!...except if you are flying a LCC ;)
 
Sure did using this; Eve Degree | evehome.com

I take this everywhere with me...I love knowing the immediate temperature around me when travelling (hotel room, etc)

I would love something that could measure real time temperature and humidity wherever I am but don't need any more stuff while I'm travelling :(
 
Just an update on my latest experience flying QF;

Flew the A330 from SYD to Asia on a 8hr flight. I was seated upfront of the Y cabin where it was a very toasty 27.1 degrees after meal service. Walking down to the toilets around row 50 it was a very cool 21 degrees exactly, while down the back galley it was 24.2 degrees.

Pretty wild variance and obv depending on your preference a lot of hot & cold passengers I imagine.

My guess is QF19!

27.1 is most uncomfortable. 21 or 22 is fine, and so (for me) is 20 or 19, but 23 and above...no thanks. I agree with kpc that sleep is difficult/impossible in a too warm cabin.
 
27 is well outside of the normal temperature range. The level of variation might indicate that the temperature control was in a reversionary mode, in which it averages the temperature to the target....though my experience of those modes was that coughpit always ended up at the freezing end of the scale.
 
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27 is well outside of the normal temperature range. The level of variation might indicate that the temperature control was in a reversionary mode, in which it averages the temperature to the target....though my experience of those modes was that coughpit always ended up at the freezing end of the scale.
Are you saying here that the Qantas IT people handle cabin temperatures? Expect the unexpected?!
 
It annoys me on flights, in the office, in hotels that don't run the aircon properly (a big issue in Europe often, even in the best hotels): If you freeze easily, carry a damn jacket. Or two. Don't make me sweat because I CANNOT just take of my clothes! :mad:

And back to airplanes, there's definitely cultural differences. I find Japanese and Korean airlines by far the worst in this respect- you get overheated cabins almost guaranteed on those.
 
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