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Did anyone ever actually use those phones built into airplane seats back then?

Never used one or saw one used iirc I bet they were expensiv...
maize jet-lagged immigrant fat ankles
  12/15/25
First class cabins typically had one handset per seat. Some ...
purple laughsome ratface
  12/15/25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1a4JmfBm9o
purple laughsome ratface
  12/15/25
yes, last time was probably 20 years ago
adventurous space brethren
  12/15/25
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impertinent market philosopher-king
  12/15/25
You know where we are? 30,000 feet above your head, you bast...
Slap-happy elite affirmative action
  12/15/25
I never used one or saw anyone use one. I think some of the...
trip fighting filthpig half-breed
  12/15/25
I’m old and flew a lot of first in the 90s as a kid wi...
Deranged state boiling water
  12/15/25
I love that the kike who invented them also included a credi...
Diverse business firm
  12/15/25
seriously what did women do in old times when they couldnt p...
grizzly sanctuary
  12/15/25
They just talked to whoever they could IRL. Seatmates and FA...
Deranged state boiling water
  12/15/25
Yeah, it was kind of crazy because everyone just listened to...
vivacious step-uncle's house scourge upon the earth
  12/15/25


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Date: December 15th, 2025 2:08 AM
Author: maize jet-lagged immigrant fat ankles

Never used one or saw one used iirc I bet they were expensive. Also how did they work

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Date: December 15th, 2025 3:33 AM
Author: purple laughsome ratface

First class cabins typically had one handset per seat. Some planes had one or more bunkbed mounted phone stations with cordless handsets that the passengers could use, instead of the multiple wired handsets. Airfone phone calls were usually quite expensive compared to ground-based telephone calls, costing $3.99 per call and $4.99 per minute in 2006.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airfone

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Date: December 15th, 2025 3:39 AM
Author: purple laughsome ratface

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1a4JmfBm9o

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Date: December 15th, 2025 10:15 AM
Author: adventurous space brethren

yes, last time was probably 20 years ago

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Date: December 15th, 2025 10:20 AM
Author: impertinent market philosopher-king



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Date: December 15th, 2025 10:16 AM
Author: Slap-happy elite affirmative action

You know where we are? 30,000 feet above your head, you bastard!

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Date: December 15th, 2025 10:17 AM
Author: trip fighting filthpig half-breed

I never used one or saw anyone use one. I think some of them even had telephone jacks on them that you could theoretically use to send a fax or hook up a modem or something.

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Date: December 15th, 2025 10:59 AM
Author: Deranged state boiling water

I’m old and flew a lot of first in the 90s as a kid with family. Never saw one used. Brother and I used to play with them as toys

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Date: December 15th, 2025 11:01 AM
Author: Diverse business firm

I love that the kike who invented them also included a credit card swipe built into the handset

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Date: December 15th, 2025 11:03 AM
Author: grizzly sanctuary

seriously what did women do in old times when they couldnt post pics of themselvfes or talk to becky all day long on the phone.

they couldnt even watch movies. just had to sit and contemplate or read Books. a whole other universe

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Date: December 15th, 2025 11:10 AM
Author: Deranged state boiling water

They just talked to whoever they could IRL. Seatmates and FAs

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Date: December 15th, 2025 11:04 AM
Author: vivacious step-uncle's house scourge upon the earth

Yeah, it was kind of crazy because everyone just listened to you. Like $5-10 a phone call.

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