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Reading the in-flight magazine ranges from the mind-numbing to the totally absurd.

Here's some of my favourite letters from a BA in-flight rag.
But first; who has the inclination/energy to write to an in-flight magazine? You must be either very pissed off or very dull.

Or just a bunch of kids.

Kidding Around

Children also enjoy High Life.
After reading the interesting bits together, our favourite activities are tearing out the ten best photos and making a story to link them together, and

identifying capital cities on the flight-path pages. This is tricky as there are no country boundaries, but it is a food way to start arguments about

geography and why the city names are all in English spelling.
When we were little we also loved the safety-card pictures of children escaping from planes. Now we translate sick bags.
BA ones are in several languages. Sick bags are just the right size for school lunches. This totally grosses out our friends.
Finally, if longhaul flights run out of children's activity packs, we ask the cabin crew for a feedback card. Writing to customer services takes at least half an hour, and is good for spelling practices.
They write back, too!

Tara(11) and Luka Tosic(9),
Belgrade,
Serbia and Montenegro

This next one seems bogus/planted to me

Film Starred

My favourite luxury when flying with BA is being able to catch up on all the films that I seem to miss.
It's a pastime I look forward to on the many longhaul flights I find myself on, thanks to my new job.
As I settle down to a three-course meal and a glass of wine, I wonder where else I can find the time for this

little bit of 'me' time.
On my last flight back from Bangkok, I managed to reconnect with the world, enjoying three Oscar-winning films. Meanwhile, watching Chicken Little

gave me something to talk about with the kids. So thank you.

Claire Lewis,
via email

And finally, here's one of those dullard ones. Note how this letter was not received via email. The dude (probably) wrote it long-hand and mailed it.

Greasy Boon

I was surprised about your inclusion of coconut oil in a piece about superfoods[March 2006].
As I understand it, like palm oil, coconut oil is super-high in saturated fats.
Doesn't sound healthy to me.

Edward J Bace,
Henfield,
United Kingdom