- I don't watch movies nor hear music from the in-flight-entertainment system, because I find mainstream American movies less engaging than the flight map :-) (the non-mainstream ones are sometimes quite good). In my mind, or in my laptop, I complete stories that I'm writing or want to write. Or I consume an audiobook in my own phone+headphones, if I'm lucky enough to have something interesting to read.
- One of the things that motivates me to write is that every time I board a train, I find a bunch of people reading a thick volume or another, from all ages. Once, I traveled with a fellow writer from my town, who, luck had it, sat in the seat next to mine.
But, full disclaimer, I live in northern Europe. When I travel to USA, it surprises me how many people use tablets in airplanes to watch movies and series...