Do you trust your airline pilots?

Oh, I reckon I have no choice but to trust every single technician, mechanic, pilot, and flight attendant for my own safety. I hope I don't get to fly under one of those kooky suicidal pilots

Psst Locke, why do flight attendants insist that window shades be drawn up during landing and take off? Makes no sense to me.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Interesting. That means the policy shouldn't be effected for takeoffs and landings that happen in the darkness of night. Gotta check this out for myself the next time I fly at night

Thanks Locke, that sounds like a plausible answer to one of the imponderables that keep nagging me.

And aye, I am aware of the eye adjustment thingy. Mythbusters did a segment on why pirates might choose to have an eyepatch over a perfectly functional eye.

There's nowhere I can't reach.