When taking off at night ...

[DistantRumble]

in a commercial aircraft why do the cabin crew dim the lights for takeoff ?

[Pilot Pete]

So that if the T/O is rejected and the pax have to evacuate they at least have some adjustment to night vision.

PP

[Lump Jockey]

And probably more so, so that if there was an evac of the ac, the emergency lighting would be easier to see along the cabin floor.

[Onan the Clumsy]

Maybe it's like the cinema. I was in one once and thought "Oh this is a nice place. Subtle lights and a cosy atmosphere".
Then the program ended and they turned the lights up.

What a sh1t hole!

[Pilot Pete]

So true...... so, true!

PP