Originally Posted by
printingray
The reason is that on flights you are watching a specially edited inflight version. This has had the R rated parts removed by the movie studio so that it is no longer R rated.
Most international airlines have at least 1 or 2 pg-13/R rated movies. But this is out of a possible 30 odd channels (including audio music).
It's not too bad a ratio.
But these airlines have "personal screens".
Airlines do publish movie schedule upfront (1 month in advance usually). Not the same movies are shown in all the routes that, that particular airline flies.
Not all airlines edit movies to get rid of R content. For example, Air Canada has a couple of hundred movies / shows available on each flight, and a good half of those are PG13, R or 18+. The content still remains graphic - would you want me watching Se7en next to your child (one of this month's offerings that I am familiar with). Lesbian love scenes (mommy why is that woman kissing another woman, even if there is no booby action), genocide, assassinations also feature on the line up.