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Breaking: Virgin America Reveals IFE

January 19, 2007 at 7:58 AM | 2 Comments

"I want to take some time and spend it with you," "Insert through the rear and swipe to the left?" Wait a second! What is Charles Ogilvie, Virgin America's Director of Inflight Entertainment & Partnerships, trying to tell us? Bummer, but our saucy video guide was just explaining how to order a turkey sandwich on VA's seatback entertainment system. The above clip was just released to YouTube. So who's the better host: Ogilvie or CEO-in-danger Fred Reid?

Key points: IFE is a Linux-based PC at every seat; a "food hot button" to feed us ravenous Americans; Virgin will be inviting Linux game developers to write games for its system; tons of movies available, but apparently on a pay-per-view basis only. It's clearly the most advanced system offered in the skies on the ground by a domestic airline. But will it let us order an Executives of Virgin America pinup calendar?

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