HAPPY TALK: Airborne phones

Now it is possible to phone on an aircraft, but not on the North Atlantic

Admittedly it was in Business Class but my lady neighbour was using her mobile.

"Excuse me, this airline bans their use in flight," I carefully suggested.

"In any event we're over the ocean- You won't get a signal out here."

"That's okay," she said. "I'm just calling my daughter. She's sitting up the back!"

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