[finolex1]

The idea might seem uncomfortable, but realize that on airplanes today most windows are closed for the majority of the flight and people seem perfectly alright with it.

[orev]

“Majority” is not all. Even with a few windows still open you can still get the sense of the outside, and light shifts as the plane moves, etc. There’s a big difference between “majority” and “all”.

[GordonS]

Eh? I fly a lot and, with the exception of overnight flights, the windows are open most of the time.

[karthikb]

Emirates (subject of this thread) almost exclusively flies super long haul overnights. Their proposal wouldn’t work for the domestic 2-3 hr hops, but does work well for that 12 hour flight where one person trying to look outside wakes the whole cabin.

[jen20]

The 787 automatic tinting works for that, too, though.