“An Irredeemable Nuisance”: Why This Journalist Believes All Airplanes Shouldn’t Have Windows

Some believe that cabin windows are an “irredeemable nuisance” that render commercial flying heavier, more expensive, and less efficient. Instead of viewing the traditional oval window as an irreplaceable passenger perk, he posited that cutting roughly 100 holes into a pressurized metal or composite tube is much more of an engineering compromise the airline industry should abandon.