"My airline is more important than your safety"
I guess when airline companies are on the road to slow economic
rcovery that a natural event such as a volcano eruption might happen
to disrupt even the best of plans ... even if volcano eruptions have
been occurring since geologic time, and Iceland is a known active
volcano zone. I guess as well that companies are just itchy to fly
especially after limited test-flights were carried out by BA, LH, and
KL. I also guess that companies would prefer to go out and regain
their customer base as soon as possible. I suppose that the various
agencies which have kept European airspace closed have been
"overcautious without the most up-to-date facts", have been "relying
too heavily upon statistical or model data", and are simply
"inconveniencing" stranded customers halfway around the world as well
as families of tourists returning from vacation. I might also guess
that the companies would like to "blame" these same agencies, and by
"natural extension", the E.U. for economic losses incurred; airline
companies are now beginning to look for government help, though the
word "demand" comes pretty close. I don't suppose these various
governments would help all companies around their world for their
respective loss in productivity or their respective employees for
their lost wages ... Should any plane develop trouble going between SFC and FLT 350, I
suppose that the first fingers of blame would be pointed at the very
same agencies monitoring European airspace. The accusations would
fly: the airspace authorities were not sufficiently careful to warn
airline companies of the inherent dangers of flying through ash, and
these authorities were being careless to put airline-staff and their
customers at risk. Well, I guess if the companies are yelling the loudest, they must all
be true, all of the time. - HL, 2105h GMT, 19 April 2010.
rcovery that a natural event such as a volcano eruption might happen
to disrupt even the best of plans ... even if volcano eruptions have
been occurring since geologic time, and Iceland is a known active
volcano zone. I guess as well that companies are just itchy to fly
especially after limited test-flights were carried out by BA, LH, and
KL. I also guess that companies would prefer to go out and regain
their customer base as soon as possible. I suppose that the various
agencies which have kept European airspace closed have been
"overcautious without the most up-to-date facts", have been "relying
too heavily upon statistical or model data", and are simply
"inconveniencing" stranded customers halfway around the world as well
as families of tourists returning from vacation. I might also guess
that the companies would like to "blame" these same agencies, and by
"natural extension", the E.U. for economic losses incurred; airline
companies are now beginning to look for government help, though the
word "demand" comes pretty close. I don't suppose these various
governments would help all companies around their world for their
respective loss in productivity or their respective employees for
their lost wages ... Should any plane develop trouble going between SFC and FLT 350, I
suppose that the first fingers of blame would be pointed at the very
same agencies monitoring European airspace. The accusations would
fly: the airspace authorities were not sufficiently careful to warn
airline companies of the inherent dangers of flying through ash, and
these authorities were being careless to put airline-staff and their
customers at risk. Well, I guess if the companies are yelling the loudest, they must all
be true, all of the time. - HL, 2105h GMT, 19 April 2010.
posted by H.L. at 17:05
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