Originally Posted by Rocinante

The difficulty is how the culture demands topless at 18. It's been years since I last flew with somebody who wanted to stick with headsets the whole flight. Why invest in a $500-1000 headset only to use it below 18?

All the complaints are valid. Maxing out the intercom to barely make out what the other dude is saying. Missed calls in cruise. Long term hearing loss... But as long as 99% of our pilot group pulls them off after setting standard, what can you do?