Temperature on night flights
Can anyone tell me why it is so difficult maintaining comfortable cabin temperatures on night flights?
I have just returned on a long-haul flight in Business Class and we were all cooking!! I have heard that the cabin crew turn the temp up because they think that will make people sleep. Does anyone know if there is any truth in this? If so, why can't they realise that it has the opposite effect? They DO seem to be able to control this because when I was wandering around, another passenger said that he couldn't sleep because he was too hot and I agreed. A member of cc overheard and said that he would turn the temp down which he duly did and we all seemed to get to sleep!!
Yet I have had the opposite problem in Economy where the blankets are thinner and it often seems to be too cold.
Can't airlines maintain optimum temperatures on-board?