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Are You a Seat-Back Plane Tracker Map Obsessive? You’re Not Alone. (www.theringer.com)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by herroyalmelness@piefed.social to c/aviation@lemmy.zip

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"The flight map isn’t the least entertaining thing on a plane—it’s the most...
While numbers fluctuate depending on region and route, industry data holds that 70 percent of passengers use their seat’s IFE during a flight. Of those, about half shun movies, TV, and games in order to watch the map."

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 2 points 8 months ago

I only watch in-flight movies if I have an empty seat next to me whose screen I can set to the map.