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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...
mischievous blathering resort
  12/15/25
First class cabins typically had one handset per seat. Some ...
Fishy Provocative Electric Furnace Ratface
  12/15/25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1a4JmfBm9o
Fishy Provocative Electric Furnace Ratface
  12/15/25
yes, last time was probably 20 years ago
crystalline station
  12/15/25
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misanthropic spectacular police squad
  12/15/25
You know where we are? 30,000 feet above your head, you bast...
Underhanded menage
  12/15/25
I never used one or saw anyone use one. I think some of the...
excitant jap
  12/15/25
I’m old and flew a lot of first in the 90s as a kid wi...
Topaz titillating toaster deer antler
  12/15/25
I love that the kike who invented them also included a credi...
big-titted drunken tank
  12/15/25
seriously what did women do in old times when they couldnt p...
Rose Boiling Water Home
  12/15/25
They just talked to whoever they could IRL. Seatmates and FA...
Topaz titillating toaster deer antler
  12/15/25
Yeah, it was kind of crazy because everyone just listened to...
Nighttime Haunted Graveyard Private Investor
  12/15/25


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Date: December 15th, 2025 2:08 AM
Author: mischievous blathering resort

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: Fishy Provocative Electric Furnace 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: Fishy Provocative Electric Furnace Ratface

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

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Date: December 15th, 2025 10:15 AM
Author: crystalline station

yes, last time was probably 20 years ago

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Date: December 15th, 2025 10:20 AM
Author: misanthropic spectacular police squad



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Date: December 15th, 2025 10:16 AM
Author: Underhanded menage

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: excitant jap

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: Topaz titillating toaster deer antler

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: big-titted drunken tank

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: Rose Boiling Water Home

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: Topaz titillating toaster deer antler

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

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Date: December 15th, 2025 11:04 AM
Author: Nighttime Haunted Graveyard Private Investor

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

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