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.
Yeah,
normal conversational volumes. Too many stupid people out there who blare out their annoying conversations. On the ground, I can get up and leave. On a plane, I'm stuck.
Airfones cost too much to be an annoyance. Rare is the person who would yap on about their colonoscopy for hours on end at $15/minute.