This woke the crew up somewhat. I didn't think that this was allowed...
What, waking the crew up?
I didn't work that area in those days but regularly handed traffic off to London Mil when it was going off-airways. Often wondered whether the crews would have been quite so happy if they could see the amount of off-route traffic there was.
I even wondered whether some of the crews realised what service they were getting and what protection it provided from other traffic. It wasn't called 'Injun country' for nothing......