A big day for Megaplanes and Birdseed Airways as high over the North Atlantic the new, high-tech, all-singing and dancing in-flight Connexion system is demonstrated for the first time to all on board. At first everything works well and everyone who wants to plugs seamlessly into cyberspace and gets busy blasting off messages into the ether. Meanwhile, Cynthia Strapin is being shown what to do in case of trouble with the system and the all-important "Master On/Off" switch. "Oh. I see. So all I have to do is...this!" says Cynthia, suddenly flipping the switch. Demo over. By the time engineers got everything re-booted it was apparently time to land. Thank goodness is all I can say. At least it gives you a chance to finish that good book, or simply doze off without feeling guilty about those unanswered e-mails.
Source: Flight International