Couldn't he just have sat on the plane and daydreamed like the rest of us do? If your life is sooo busy that you need to use a laptop on board then it's time to move to the sticks and grow solar panels.
Well this is a leading contribution to qualify the poster for the village idiot of the year competition.
I take about 110 flights per year.
I estimate that I work for an average of 1 hour per flight.
That is about three weeks working time that would otherwise have to be fitted in on the ground and would interfere with the quality of my family life.
That's why the premium classes of airlines almost always provide power and top hotels have business centres - time is money. (a lot of money.)