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Re:WiFi without internet on a Southwest flight by barrkel on Friday September 29, 2023 @05:33AM (#37701282)
How long ago was this?

20 years ago, all I saw were dual mono bayonet jacks you'd need an adapter for to plug in normal headphones, but straws would get you nowhere.

I was curious so I searched: https://simpleflying.com/inflight-entertainment-headphones-e... - pneumatic headphones from the 1960s were used on Delta as late as 2003, but electronic headsets debuted on 767 in 1982.

Apparently the dual mono jacks are to discourage people taking the headphones, rather than restricting access to audio.

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Re:WiFi without internet on a Southwest flight by nottheengineer on Friday September 29, 2023 @06:44AM (#37701795)
Then why isn't at least one of those jacks a TRS so you can use normal headphones?
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Re:WiFi without internet on a Southwest flight by IIsi50MHz on Friday September 29, 2023 @04:04PM (#37709443)
My last four flights used only stereo 3.5mm plugs.
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Re:WiFi without internet on a Southwest flight by mikaraento on Friday September 29, 2023 @05:17PM (#37710187)
On newer planes both of them often are
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Re:WiFi without internet on a Southwest flight by lathiat on Friday September 29, 2023 @07:12AM (#37702008)
Fairly sure I still saw pneumatic ones sometime in the 2000s in Australia.
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Re:WiFi without internet on a Southwest flight by vertnerd on Friday September 29, 2023 @07:37AM (#37702225)
Interesting that I have only flown once since 9/11. Almost all of my flying took place in the three decades prior, so the pneumatic headsets are the only ones I remember.
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Re:WiFi without internet on a Southwest flight by plg on Friday September 29, 2023 @11:20AM (#37705553)
As a kid in the 80s we used to fly YVR-HNL every winter … always pneumatic earphones.
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Re:WiFi without internet on a Southwest flight by sprokolopolis on Friday September 29, 2023 @06:22PM (#37710800)
It was when I was a kid in the 80s and 90s. Yeah they were on old planes that were just still in use.
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