A Danish TikToker named Ida Augusta has shared a viral new video showing a “hack” to enjoy in-flight entertainment on an aircraft that has no individual screens behind each seat. It’s clever, but it’s also rude.
In-Flight Entertainment “Hack” At The Expense Of Your Neighbor’s Headrest Cover…
The “hack” involves flipping over the headrest cover from the seat in front of you, then wedging that between your mobile phone and its case, such that you have a built-in TV. It’s actually quite a smart solution and far less crude than trying to suspend your phone in an air sickness bag attached to the tray table latch.
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That said, the latter approach using an airsickness bag is much more polite because it does not involve snatching your neighbor’s headrest cover without asking.
If you do decide to do this trick, please ask your neighbor first.
It looks like this particular video was filmed on a Norwegian flight, which does have seat covers, but in the USA seat covers are all but a vestige of the past. Don’t expect to fly American, Delta, United, or the smaller carriers and find a seat cover, at least on domestic flights.
Some have accused Augusta of being unhygienic by doing this…while I don’t defend her conduct, I doubt those seat covers are cleaned after every flight and may not even be cleaned daily. The better objection is that the headrest cover doesn’t belong to you…it belongs to the person in front of you.
Best solution of all? Buy a mobile phone holder mount for $12 on Amazon…
image: @idaaugusta / TikTok
It’s a great idea, if you want the dandruff, skin bacteria, and head detritus of thousands of people on your phone.
Theoretically, both surfaces you mention are the “clean” part of the whole thing: the normally-protected part of the headrest and the normally unexposed inner part of the liner.
Ohhhhhh, the smart generation.
I usually take my phone out of its case and put the case on my tray table. I rest the edge of my phone on the front edge of the case and put my AirPods case inside of the phone case to act as a wedge to angle my phone at me.
She can have it!
If I need to rest my head, I’ll take the clean-ish seat back for my scalp over that disgusting piece of never-cleaned or changed fabric.
You’re a complete hypocrite. Stop giving these idiots the attention they so desperately crave. They thrive and grow because idiots like you help them.
Danes are normally a lot better than this. I suppose there have to be a few outliers in any society.
Amazon sells all kinds of mounting devices you can use to keep your phone at eye level on a plane. I used to carry a couple of them back when I flew AA and Southwest.