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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...
razzle-dazzle ticket booth clown
  12/15/25
First class cabins typically had one handset per seat. Some ...
mewling white knife
  12/15/25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1a4JmfBm9o
mewling white knife
  12/15/25
yes, last time was probably 20 years ago
Irate laser beams
  12/15/25
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cerebral slimy locus
  12/15/25
You know where we are? 30,000 feet above your head, you bast...
aggressive rusted meetinghouse affirmative action
  12/15/25
I never used one or saw anyone use one. I think some of the...
Irradiated shaky depressive
  12/15/25
I’m old and flew a lot of first in the 90s as a kid wi...
Passionate mad cow disease macaca
  12/15/25
I love that the kike who invented them also included a credi...
Maize Bawdyhouse
  12/15/25
seriously what did women do in old times when they couldnt p...
exhilarant mediation gas station
  12/15/25
They just talked to whoever they could IRL. Seatmates and FA...
Passionate mad cow disease macaca
  12/15/25
Yeah, it was kind of crazy because everyone just listened to...
mustard alcoholic genital piercing
  12/15/25


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Date: December 15th, 2025 2:08 AM
Author: razzle-dazzle ticket booth clown

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: mewling white knife

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: mewling white knife

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

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Date: December 15th, 2025 10:15 AM
Author: Irate laser beams

yes, last time was probably 20 years ago

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Date: December 15th, 2025 10:20 AM
Author: cerebral slimy locus



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Date: December 15th, 2025 10:16 AM
Author: aggressive rusted meetinghouse 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: Irradiated shaky depressive

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: Passionate mad cow disease macaca

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: Maize Bawdyhouse

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: exhilarant mediation gas station

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: Passionate mad cow disease macaca

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

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Date: December 15th, 2025 11:04 AM
Author: mustard alcoholic genital piercing

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

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