Wondered how long it would be...

[Zippy]

No government is going to go against the advice of their experts and lift the ban. I don't think planes dropping out of the sky (even if its only one) is a vote-winner.

[dspsyssts]

Who is going to take the risk and go up first?...I mean nobody wants to be at 35,000 feet and have the engines go all quiet.

<mod> Enough of that, thank you dspyssts </mod>

[Zippy]

I would imagine most people wouldn't fancy being on a plane right now. I wish I had shares in the train companies.

[HairyArsedBloke]

"It is astonishing that these findings... have seemingly been ignored in the decision-making process of the aviation safety authorities."

[original PM]

i would imagine you could find evidence to back up both sides

I suppose the problem is is it a uniform density or are there larger conncentrations in certain areas which can cause issues

in which case could we not do something with this data

funny on tv this morning - Gordon B was on and someone asked about this and he did, fair play to him, give the guy a look which seemed to say "Oh ffs volcanos are my fault now are they?"

[centurian]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8628323.stm


I'm still can't work out if this is health-and-safety gone mad, a PR exercise ("safety comes first") gotten out of control (they thought it would be over in 12 hours) - or simply a real and tangible danger.

The two airline bodies, ACI Europe and AEA, said: "The eruption of the Icelandic volcano is not an unprecedented event and the procedures applied in other parts of the world for volcanic eruptions do not appear to require the kind of restrictions that are presently being imposed in Europe."

Germany's two biggest airlines, Lufthansa and Air Berlin, also said they had carried out test flights without apparent damage, as did Air France.

Air Berlin spokeswoman Diana Daedelow told the BBC: "It is astonishing that these findings... have seemingly been ignored in the decision-making process of the aviation safety authorities."