Aviation Photo #6174047 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner - AeroMexico

Tell that to my friend who missed out on enjoying this view and the stunning sights of Greenland because of this "fantastic" feature, the Aurora Borealis flight was a red eye while the flight over Greenland was a daytime westbound from Europe, there was absolutely no need to dim the windows on both flights.

It's a terrible feature. It is the number one reason why I don't book flights on the Boeing 787 (the second one being the 3-3-3 seating in economy). There's nothing worse than egoistic people complaining about light in the cabin when they could have very easily used a sleeping mask. I have heard more negative reviews of this feature than positive ones. Friends took a daylight flight to the Carribean on a 787. Windows were dimmed almost the entire flight. They told me it felt like sitting inside an aquarium for hours on end without being able to look outside. Never again. Get rid of the 787! Or at least of its dimmable windows!

It's horrible. Why have WINDOWS on a plane if you can't look out of them? Also, if you're trying to watch the AURORA, it's proooooooobably not the case that you're going to "light up the whole cabin" by opening the window since it's, y'know, night time. I've been on 787 flights that left at 9 a.m. and arrived at 3 p.m. - the middle of the day - and spent the entire flight locked in a lightless tube even though it was NOON. Senseless.

Right next to the engine readouts - "APU Running"