This New York Times headline is why you may want keep a weather eye open for those netbook deals:
Airborne Wi-Fi May Soar Despite the Doubters
One interesting stat revealed by the story - half of all business travelers polled said they took red-eye flights because flying in the daytime rendered them incommunicado. Back to the netbooks. If you’re flying first-class you can use that 17’ widescreen, but if you’re crammed in coach a netbook is the ticket.
Wall Street Journal Middleseater Scott McCartney offers this on the FlyFi.