Reminds me of the allegedly true story that still does the rounds at our company. Happened back in the 80's sometime so they say.
LHR - BD Midland xx take up the hold at LAM, 10 minutes
LHR - BA Speedbird xx take up the hold at LAM, 10 minutes.
BA - LHR Ok, 10 minutes, but are you aware we have royalty
on board today?
LHR - BA Speedbird xx leave LAM heading 270 blah blah.
BD - LHR Oh, I presume no holding for us either then.
LHR - BD Sorry Midland, unless you've got royalty on board
it's still 10 minutes.
BD - LHR I've got a couple of right queens down the back, does
that count?.