And having looked at this link
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...=window+shades
there's been quite a discussion on this before. So at least it wasn't just me...
An explanation I found on that thread was about passengers originating from a different timezone. As BR67 originates in TPE, it is more understandable that there would be pax on board who had an earlier start than me and wanted some kip - so fair does really.
Spacey