Airlines already charge for blankets, legroom, food, and booze. Now one European carrier wants to expand those offerings to include porn. The chief of Irish discount airline Ryanair tells Britain's Sun that the company is considering offering titillating in-flight entertainment. The porn would be available via a Ryanair app for tablets and smartphones, which passengers could also use to gamble or play games. Does porn really have a place on crowded, irritant-packed airplanes?
This is a terrible idea: "If you thought sitting next to someone with a baby or a large person spilling over into your seat was bad, imagine spending hours on a plane next to someone drooling over pornography," says Mark Stachiew at Canada.com. Worse yet, imagine a young child sitting next to a porn watcher. Would there need to be an "adults-only" section on the plane? It's hard to imagine this idea really "taking off."
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