Like, I’m on a plane. I don’t want to watch Toy Story when I can do that at home, I want to see what the pilots see. And that way every seat has technically a window to look out of.

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    Some planes and carriers have this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slzAcWff7nU

    It costs money though, so you usually only see them on more premium carriers and larger planes.

    I’m working from memory here, but I think there was an instance where there was a crash or some incident where people could see it happening on the cameras though… and it’s not ideal having everyone in the plane panicking because they’re going to die.

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        How long of a delay (too long and people complain) and how to cut if off without having to add another line to the pilot’s checklists during troubleshooting?

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      Yup, there was a very well known case covered on an early episode of Mayday / Air Crash Investigation (like season 1) about this. A lot of people got to watch the same terrifying view as the pilots as their plane plummeted from the sky.