Driving in this morning I was listening to Terry Wogan (note for foreigners, the UK's most popular national morning-show DJ) trying to conduct his show from a mobile phone whilst stuck in a 4 hour queue on the A40.
Shows impressive grit and determination, but more difficult to do with an airbus, even if it has got FBW.
I did know a longhaul pilot based at LGW who used to go (light/a.c) flying from Redhill and asked for a "company message" to be passed on Redhill tower frequency if he was wanted.
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