Sir, - As Mr O'Shea correctly pointed out (letters, October 4th), mobile phones should not be used on aircraft. More importantly, I am sure there must be a rule against swans being seated on passengers' laps without seatbelts. Cabin crew are fussy enough about small items of inanimate baggage which might impede passenger access during an emergency.
Perhaps these rules apply only to aircraft in flight. I suspect that some poetic licence was employed in the posing of this photograph, which was probably taken before the aircraft left the ground. - Yours, etc.,
Malahide,
Co Dublin.