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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...
ruddy magical toaster
  12/15/25
First class cabins typically had one handset per seat. Some ...
shivering sinister set
  12/15/25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1a4JmfBm9o
shivering sinister set
  12/15/25
yes, last time was probably 20 years ago
Yellow passionate potus bawdyhouse
  12/15/25
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Floppy bright hominid multi-billionaire
  12/15/25
You know where we are? 30,000 feet above your head, you bast...
Fighting histrionic feces parlour
  12/15/25
I never used one or saw anyone use one. I think some of the...
insanely creepy pistol dingle berry
  12/15/25
I’m old and flew a lot of first in the 90s as a kid wi...
Nubile property fat ankles
  12/15/25
I love that the kike who invented them also included a credi...
arousing lime water buffalo
  12/15/25
seriously what did women do in old times when they couldnt p...
soul-stirring orchestra pit patrolman
  12/15/25
They just talked to whoever they could IRL. Seatmates and FA...
Nubile property fat ankles
  12/15/25
Yeah, it was kind of crazy because everyone just listened to...
silver trip messiness pozpig
  12/15/25


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Date: December 15th, 2025 2:08 AM
Author: ruddy magical toaster

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: shivering sinister set

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: shivering sinister set

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

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Date: December 15th, 2025 10:15 AM
Author: Yellow passionate potus bawdyhouse

yes, last time was probably 20 years ago

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Date: December 15th, 2025 10:20 AM
Author: Floppy bright hominid multi-billionaire



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Date: December 15th, 2025 10:16 AM
Author: Fighting histrionic feces parlour

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: insanely creepy pistol dingle berry

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: Nubile property fat ankles

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: arousing lime water buffalo

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: soul-stirring orchestra pit patrolman

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: Nubile property fat ankles

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

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Date: December 15th, 2025 11:04 AM
Author: silver trip messiness pozpig

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

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