Originally Posted by
davie355
I've used FaceTime Audio on a flight, just to see if it worked. My seatmate never realized I was speaking to anyone.
The whole "misery" concern is hypothetical and it fails to hold in practice. Jet engine noise drowns out normal conversation volume. I'm younger than most on this forum but I still remember seatback Airfones.
Disagree. If you have some casual traveler that can pay $16 to talk coast-to-coast, by god they are going to get their $16 worth.
Try riding on a public bus or train when someone is talking on the phone or god forbid, on a conference call so when they take a turn to talk have to scream to be heard over the other callers.
I've been on a public bus when someone was yakking loudly on a phone during morning commute hours to the financial district and people on the bus started quietly asking "please get off the phone" and as the young woman kept gabbing loud and rolling her eyes, they were in her face yelling "GET OFF THE (#*%#% PHONE!"'
Note to self: don't use phone with morning commuters on quiet bus.