Airphones. WTF really?

I wonder what people were saying at the board meeting when airphones were being proposed. Do these things even work anymore? Has anyone ever seen someone actually call someone on this thing?

It's like a billion dollars a second to call someone. Why not just put them in first class, instead of in every seat? Maybe if there was just one up front next to the bathrooms, then they could charge only a hundred thousand dollars per second to call.

In 5 hours I'll be back in Boston. Until then I will be incommunicado. But luckily if I reaaaaaally need to call someone, my airphone is right here. Phew.

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