On 2008-07-15, Bill Kearney <wkearney99@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Meanwhile you ignore my link to a charger that allows you to charge an
>> iPhone while on a Plane.
>
> Except most planes DO NOT HAVE the necessary jack for it. Out of a dozen
> recent international trips NONE had the jack. I can really only recall
> seeing it ONCE during a domestic flight.

It seems to depend on the airline. When I was flying American
frequently the business class seats had 12V cigar lighter power jacks.
There is usually an EmPower jack on United flights I take. Singapore
Airlines has 110V AC sockets, Cathay Pacific has EmPower jacks, I think
Virgin Atlantic has EmPower jacks, some Air Canada planes have EmPower
jacks. I haven't found any power sockets on the Alaska Airlines,
Southwest and Mexicana flights I've taken recently.

I used to pay closer attention to this, but what I mostly wanted
power for was my laptop and the Macbook Pro I carry now seems to
want more power than any of these support (the Macbook wants
85W but the power plugs all seem to be limited to 70W) so now if
the flight goes longer than my laptop battery I usually just sleep
instead.

I would note that I've seen "charging stations", with a bunch of
AC power sockets, in the gate waiting areas of an increasing number
of airports I've changed plans in. The airport I specifically
remember these in is LAX, the stations all have Samsung ads
attached. Even in airports without these, however, I can usually
find a wall socket to use to recharge the laptop between planes.

Dennis Ferguson