Originally Posted by
EWR764
Delta has it on all wifi-equipped airplanes, while United's iteration is more of a "bug" than a "feature", insofar as it's not a deliberate decision to offer free inflight texting.
AA backed off its plan to do the same as DL.
My fear is the more we discuss it, the more likely it is UA implements a fix to eliminate this loophole, which would be a shame.
No doubt UA knows this loophole is there and it's hard to believe they haven't decided not to close it. Who knows but maybe they can't close it (at least not easily) as their flight crews might need the access for all they do?
The craziest access I had was on a UAX flight a year or two ago where Apple Maps was in constant update mode for the flight. It's weird to see the map moving underneath the current location at 500 mph or whatever. I think I only saw this on one flight.