Originally Posted by
Hedley
One of the things that Kirby has said about the IFE is that he routinely walks to the back of the plane and then back to his seat during cruise to see what people are doing. Most are busy scrolling through the IFE screens and not watching their personal devices. Those who are using personal devices are typically working on their laptops.
Originally Posted by
khergan
This exactly. Why watch from a crappy phone screen and have to worry about plugging it in, wifi dropping, etc. You can watch an entire movie, show, or TV on your own audio. It's a game changer for making 3+ hours go by quickly. It's especially so when you're in economy and you can't really get comfortable enough to sleep, so might as well watch stuff.
Originally Posted by
VisionWings
with all the commuting I’ve done to the many bases I’ve worked out of. I always end up Watching videos downloaded for offline viewing. Netflix and all the other providers let you download them.
but, I love having WiFi for texting enroute. I don’t care about a catalogue of videos. But being able to stay in the loop with the news and texting my family. That is worth paying extra every time.
Interesting. I must be an anomaly or showing my age. I hate the seatback screens. Generally movies I don’t want to see and audio jacks that don’t work. Oh you timed a movie perfectly for a flight? Let’s stop that and listen to this pilot/FA announcement. No, I much prefer to watch on my own iPad. Preloaded and ready to go.
Again, WiFi texting? Nah. I’ll enjoy my time to myself without being disturbed. I’ve literally never logged into WiFi on a flight. The one time I tried to because of weather delays the service was too slow or didn’t work.
With that being said, some form of entertainment for our flights I feel is a must. Anything to get the passengers mind off of the problem of the day.