All UK Airports open from 10 pm London time tonight

Lemtich



Joined: 15/02/2007
Posts: 1487

Message Posted:
20/04/2010 22:55

Just heard it on Sky News.



All UK Airports are allowed to open to flights from 10:00 pm UK time tonight. It is starting to dawn that a huge over reaction to this dust problem has been made by the UK Government. The recriminations will start tomorrow morning. It is reckoned that the UK has lost 1.50 billion sterling over this nanny state knee jerk health and safety response by this government. The airlines are going to be the first in the queue to start filing for compensation. We have the ridiculous situation of inbound BA flights being diverted to Holland and Brussels to land just 200 miles short of their UK destination.

michelle3012


Joined: 07/11/2008
Posts: 578

Message Posted:
20/04/2010 23:06

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Volcano-Ash-New-Iceland-Cloud-Heading-For-UK-Signalling-Further-Setbacks-For-Air-Passengers/Article/201004315609504?lpos=UK_News_News_Your_Way_Region_6&lid=NewsYourWay_ARTICLE_15609504_Volcano_Ash%3A_New_Iceland_Cloud_Heading_For_UK_Signalling_Further_Setbacks_For_Air_Passengers_

Lemtich



Joined: 15/02/2007
Posts: 1487

Message Posted:
20/04/2010 23:17

I reckon that this fiasco that has caused so much misery and expense to returning UK travellers that this is the final nail in the coffin for Gordon Brown's election chances. Funny old things, volcanos!

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
20/04/2010 23:22

I'm not commenting on Brown - I'm waiting for the dust to settle!

Lemtich



Joined: 15/02/2007
Posts: 1487

Message Posted:
20/04/2010 23:24

I guess things are still up in the air for the moment.



The last week just seems to have flown by!



Lem

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
20/04/2010 23:34

All these posts/threads on the same topic are getting really stupid, I posted this information 5 minutes or so ago on another thread!

Thanks ex mod!



Richard

andy-f


Joined: 03/05/2009
Posts: 1256

Message Posted:
20/04/2010 23:42

ive been worrying that cyprus turkish airlines could go under through this fiasco , if BA are loosing a shed load of dosh CTA who are allready millions in the red must be close to it , we have paid for our next two trips with them ( may and july ) .



anyway at least it appears to be over the worst



andy

Lemtich



Joined: 15/02/2007
Posts: 1487

Message Posted:
20/04/2010 23:42

Sour grapes, Richard?



Chill out.



Lem

Tootie


Joined: 28/08/2008
Posts: 2037

Message Posted:
20/04/2010 23:44

Toys & pram. Richard? Hmm.

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
20/04/2010 23:46

Msg 8

No worries, it must have been the off, bitter glass of wine I just whacked back!



Richard

hilda


Joined: 10/09/2009
Posts: 80

Message Posted:
20/04/2010 23:55

Now come on Lemtich,

Would you rather they risked it and let the planes fly,i do not think so.

Lemtich



Joined: 15/02/2007
Posts: 1487

Message Posted:
21/04/2010 00:14

I think the whole thing was based on some very dodgy data. The 2 airlines that experienced engine problems (BA and KLM) flew through direct volcano cloud, that is, through a big smoky cloud next to a volcano that had just erupted, not in clear sunny air 500 miles away with a fine atmospheric residue of ash particles. Over the next few days watch this criticism run and run, this has been a ridiculous over reaction fed by the current health and safety fear of compensation culture now prevalent in the UK. Little good has it done the UK Gov, the compensation claims are going to start rolling in anyway for loss of custom. This whole episode is a sad illustration of how a country's government can loose sight of the real world and a grip on reality. This story is not over yet. As time goes on watch how the press reports shift from safety consideration to an incompetance one, the knives are out from the aviation industry, especially after hundreds of planes now start landing at UK airports.

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
21/04/2010 00:18

Msg 12

Okay, ex mod, you fly tomorrow and take the unnecessary risk!



Richard

Blackbird



Joined: 11/08/2009
Posts: 1432

Message Posted:
21/04/2010 00:31

A lot of the 'dust' is actually glass particles. When they get sucked into a jet engine the glass melts and clogs up the engine causing it to stop turning...and then the plane comes down...

Lemtich



Joined: 15/02/2007
Posts: 1487

Message Posted:
21/04/2010 01:05

I fly out from Heathrow Terminal 3 on Thursday 22/04/2010 on Kuwait Airlines to Bangkok at 10:30 am.



I will post from Pataya on the 23rd when I arrrive, melted glass in the engines permitting.



Oh, and proud to be an ex-mod.



Were you ever one?



Lem

frontalman



Joined: 28/02/2008
Posts: 499

Message Posted:
21/04/2010 09:11

Heard a great quote on TV yesterday "Better to be on the ground wishing you were up in the air than being up in the air wishing you were on the ground!"

tamand


Joined: 23/07/2009
Posts: 240

Message Posted:
21/04/2010 09:22

Lemtich mess 12 "over the next few days watch this criticism run and run"

Isnt that exactly what happens on here all the time Know it alls who pick up bits of info and add their slants to it usually talking thru their a*s*s

swannee7


Joined: 21/08/2009
Posts: 394

Message Posted:
21/04/2010 19:34

If the current Icelandic volcano's big brother gets tickled by all those bad vibes going on next door, we'd all better watch out. Historically (so I've read) the bigger volcano has erupted 9 times out of 10 following eruptions from its close neighbour. If that were to happen again in the here and now, the experts have warned 'you ain't seen nothin' yet' and that disruption/discomfort to all of us in Europe would be magnified at least by 80%. Oh joy ! These 2 Icelandic volcanos haven't seriously belched for over 100 years. Now one has started up and is still very active. The forces of Nature may not have finished trying to teach us a lesson or two......