Has anyone else ever sat sweltering on one of FGWs luxurious air conditioned trains, looking at the window opposite and marvelled at the sign "this train is air conditioned. pull handles down for emergency ventilation only."
I have and I am wondering what constitutes emergency ventilation. Is it for times like now when there are a bunch of over heating passengers, not helped by the warm air the air conditioning is pumping through the train? Is it for those times when a passenger, male of female, have liberally applied some Eau d'Napalm and everyone is struggling to breathe? Is it when someone has obviously eaten something that disagrees with them, and has unfortunately and often surreptitiously shared this with the train (silent but deadly I believe such sharing was often referred to in my school days.)
I wish FGW gave greater guidance regarding when emergency ventilation applies as I and many passengers are bloody boiling. Would I be wrong to open the window, and what happens if it's opened but FGW don't feel it's warranted, after all we're all on CCTV. It's clear what happens if I pull the emergency lever and it's not a genuine emergency. But what about the window. I know what I'm going to do, what would you do?
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