Inflight Entertainment

I prefer flying Air Canada to WestJet for one simple reason. Air Canada has better televisions. WestJet wants me to pay to watch a movie, or I can watch live TV on the back of the seat in front of me. With Air Canada I get a selection of movies to choose from. It’s amazing how nice that is. All things considered, I will pay a bit more to fly Air Canada.
Because I am flying with WestJet today (it was significantly cheaper), and I am cheap, I’ve brought along my iPad which is loaded with movies and shows that I want to see. You would think this would be better? Even the screen is bigger with an iPad.
But you would be wrong.
With an iPad, I can put it away and not feel like I am missing anything. In fact you are saving good entertainment for later, so you should. But confined to your seat, upright and in the locked position, you have nothing else to do. And you can see movies you wouldn’t normally see. But if you don’t watch them, you are not getting your money’s worth. And don’t wait, because the flight doesn’t last forever.
I need pressure to see movies. Movies that don’t have a deadline have a tendency to linger in my lair. I liked renting videos with the built-in need to return them within a week. Even if I have nothing better to do than stare out the window, I will still not watch.
These are the things I have to deal with when I fly.