or at least a perception thereof referring again to fig1 and 3 aircraft interior 100 includes floor assembly 302 provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure as shown in fig4 floor assembly 302 is composed of a structured floor panel 402 covered with an electroluminescent el lighting panel 404 hereinafter u201c floor panel lights 404 u201d and covered with a textured protective covering 406 floor panel lights 404 are available from be aerospace of holbrook n y textured protective covering 406 may be patterned and is available from 3 form inc of salt lake city utah floor panel lights 404 may contribute on the order of 20 of the total ambient illumination of aircraft interior 100 in one embodiment floor panel lights 404 are configured to complement sidewall lighting 106 and main ceiling lighting 104 sidewall lighting 106 may contribute about 30 of the total cabin ambient lighting main ceiling lighting 104 may provide around 50 of the main cabin lighting in operation by controlling which illumination source is on e g main ceiling lights 104 sidewall lighting 106 accent pot lights 108 and floor panel lights 404 and the reflection characteristics of panel diffuser 202 one can create a two tiered ceiling effect for example when main ceiling lights 104 are bright for boarding and deplaning panel diffuser 202 appears clear thus standard ceiling panels 206 appear high and give the impression of spaciousness to aircraft interior 100 when main.