London Banter - View Single Post - Crossrail access to Heathrow still not settled

Robin[_4_] · May 23rd 17, 04:01 PM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway

On 23/05/2017 16:40, d wrote:

I guess ir never occured to you to wonder why the windows are angled outwards
instead of being vertical.

Well I was told by people who spent their lives in aviation it's so air
traffic controllers don't see distracting reflections in the windows -
e.g. of other controllers or VDUs or doors opening or whatever. They
are tilted so the internal reflections are of the ceiling which don't
have lights.

And guess what? Lots of sites have the same explanation. Eg

http://www.airport-world.com/item/44-tall-story

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