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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...
bipolar comical patrolman
  12/15/25
First class cabins typically had one handset per seat. Some ...
Cobalt resort striped hyena
  12/15/25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1a4JmfBm9o
Cobalt resort striped hyena
  12/15/25
yes, last time was probably 20 years ago
Mind-boggling school mad-dog skullcap
  12/15/25
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House-broken Travel Guidebook Site
  12/15/25
You know where we are? 30,000 feet above your head, you bast...
Sepia church building
  12/15/25
I never used one or saw anyone use one. I think some of the...
Diverse aggressive codepig market
  12/15/25
I’m old and flew a lot of first in the 90s as a kid wi...
Excitant casino ratface
  12/15/25
I love that the kike who invented them also included a credi...
histrionic vengeful address
  12/15/25
seriously what did women do in old times when they couldnt p...
carnelian fiercely-loyal volcanic crater institution
  12/15/25
They just talked to whoever they could IRL. Seatmates and FA...
Excitant casino ratface
  12/15/25
Yeah, it was kind of crazy because everyone just listened to...
sick big hell
  12/15/25


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Date: December 15th, 2025 2:08 AM
Author: bipolar comical patrolman

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: Cobalt resort striped hyena

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: Cobalt resort striped hyena

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

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Date: December 15th, 2025 10:15 AM
Author: Mind-boggling school mad-dog skullcap

yes, last time was probably 20 years ago

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Date: December 15th, 2025 10:20 AM
Author: House-broken Travel Guidebook Site



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Date: December 15th, 2025 10:16 AM
Author: Sepia church building

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: Diverse aggressive codepig market

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: Excitant casino ratface

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: histrionic vengeful address

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: carnelian fiercely-loyal volcanic crater institution

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: Excitant casino ratface

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5810449&forum_id=2#49510976)



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Date: December 15th, 2025 11:04 AM
Author: sick big hell

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5810449&forum_id=2#49510972)