The people at FR must be blind not to see this.
To be fair to them this was decision made decades ago based on other assumptions at a time where removing window blinds and other
PR things were the norm. . Since then they apparently have seen the light and are changing policies on this matter. So we are told. But Retrofitting 400+ aircraft is not easy and unlikely to happen, , but they are replacing them , 200+ are on order and those should be Data link equipped, again , so we are told .