American Airlines and Samsung are announcing that first class passengers on international or transcontinental flights will now be given a Galaxy Tab 10.1 to entertain themselves with instead of having to go through the torture of trying to navigate the horrifically bad inflight entertainment system. Samsung will provide 6,000 tablets to American Airlines, who hopes that people will ignore the fact that their planes were built before Lady Gaga was born and instead play Angry Birds to keep their mind off the duct tape holding together the wings that you can clearly see from your comfortable window seat.
“Through our agreement with Samsung, American is the first North American airline to offer a branded tablet onboard its aircraft,” said Virasb Vahidi, American’s Chief Commercial Officer. “We are working hard to revitalize our fleet and invest wisely in new products and services to modernize and enhance the travel experience. Working with Samsung to outfit our premium cabins with the innovative Galaxy Tab will give our premium customers a modern and innovative in-flight entertainment experience.”
Here’s a thought, don’t you think that people flying first class are already carrying a laptop, a tablet, an iPhone, and all sorts of other digital goodies? They’re already getting free booze, better food, and service from flight attendants who don’t look like senior citizens that have been forced back into the workplace because they lost their retirement money when the economy went tits up in 2008, so why do they need a new way to kill time while they’re jetting to a business meeting on the other side of America where they’ll likely pick up a venereal disease from the hooker they picked up off the street in an attempt to jostle their memory into recalling how much fun sex can be when it isn’t with the annoying mother of your two children?
Just sayin’.