"Hello...yeah, I'M ON A PLANE...hello...hello...sorry, lost you there for a minute, must have gone through a tunnel, ha ha..."
With you 100%, BEagle. I can only hope that (a) the pricing will be dissuasive for all but urgent calls, and (b) the airlines who install these systems will also provide active-noise-cancellation headsets with their IFE to drown out the worst of the bloke in 7C discussing his next deal at high volume.
Right, that's my curmudgeonly dose for the morning...
C.