[AlexW]

I am not a conspiracy kook, but I am becoming one.

If this volcano had done this ten years ago, would air traffic
all over Europe been shut down?
Inquiring minds want to know.

[bert]

I would say yes.

The effects of volcanic ash on aircraft engines is quite well known. It chews them up. Commercial air traffic is not war and there is no need to press the atttack and continue the battle.

There is no need for the airlines to damage their aircraft at costs that can’t be recoverable to allow someone to attend a meeting or funeral. There are valid reasons not to put the planes in service beyond catastrophic falling from the sky.

[nhoward14]

I am sure it would. Would you like to fly on a plane when there is a reasonable chance that volcanic ash will jam the engines causing the plane to crash?

[bboop]

The last ash closure had to do with the EU committee which used computer models to ‘determine’ where the ash cloud would be, and then acted on them. They did NO real science, gathered NO real data, did NO test flights into the area, and provided for NO alternative scenarios. When the Common Sense folks finally got hold of them and demanded that they categorize airspace into dangerous and ok, and that is when flights started up again.

I do not think you will again see all of Europe restricted, due to the hoopla re this committee’s over-reactions.

[Tzfat]

If this volcano had done this ten years ago, would air traffic all over Europe been shut down?

No. Most of us in the airline industry know this is being fed by the same Euro-Pseudo Science as man-made-global warming. If the same whacky standards had been used after Mt. St. Helens, half of US airspace would have been closed for months.