Jason RabinowitzWelcome on board United flight UA3776, with service from LAX to…uh…nowhere. LAX to LAX? The ticket says LAX-SNA. We’re on board a @[email protected] 737-900 as the airline demos its new Starlink Wi-Fi, now rolling out to mainline aircraft.
And we’re up! I think we’re headed toward San Francisco? Starlink having no issues delivering the megabits on the difficult clime out phase of flight.
And we have a guest appearance from @[email protected] via FaceTime! He’s on a train somewhere in LA and I’m 32,000 feet somewhere north of LA. It works fine. Perfectly stable connection.
But don’t do this on a regular flight! It’s illegal!
Welcome to row 27, the old guy row with myself, @[email protected], and @[email protected].
Here’s @[email protected], SO ready to catch our own arrival into LAX on YouTube
Streaming your own flight’s landing via in-flight Wi-Fi is something that’ll never get old.
Conclusion: Starlink works fantastically well in the air right now. It’s no wonder airlines are tripping over themselves to move to it or offer Wi-Fi for the first time.
I absolutely loathe who owns and controls Starlink, but the product is arguably the best thing out there right now. #PaxEx