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From: EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) on 17 Apr 2010 15:15 Wolfgang Schwanke wrote: > "Mike" <checkedmonthly(a)live.com> wrote in > news:bh9js5lvgrv49j3q2k9nam191mumci3gm1(a)4ax.com: > >> On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:06:48 +0200, Wolfgang Schwanke <see(a)sig.nature> >> wrote: >> >>> There are volcano eruptions all the time somewhere in the world, many >>> of which much worse, but they don't each time shut down air traffic >>> over entire continents; most of the time they don't do it at all. The >>> fact that Europe decides to be more cautios is due to cultural >>> differences, but not because this eruption is particularly bad. Once >>> the ash of the Iceland eruption is attenuated below a certain >>> concentration they can start flying again, even with the shy European >>> mindset. >> there are frequent volcanoes in Iceland, mostly not of this type and >> not with a NW wind, this one is a problem, ask an aero engineer. > > I don't doubt that it's a problem, but the risk assessment involved in > the shutdown decision is culturally influenced. Surely volcanic > eruptions with similar ash clouds in the Pacific rim countries are much > more frequent than in Europe, but people there just cope somehow. And > actually they do have incidents with aircraft. And if you were a pilot or flight attendant, which philosophy would YOU prefer your employers to adopt? >
From: EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) on 17 Apr 2010 15:20 David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) wrote: > Tom P <werotizy(a)freent.dd> wrote: > >> Wolfgang Schwanke wrote: >>> "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <evgmsop(a)earthlink.net> >>> wrote in news:hq81gq04tv(a)news6.newsguy.com: >>> >>>> Interesting that the news story mentions the effects of an >>>> 1821 eruption lasting for two years - that was before jet aircraft. How >>>> might a similar situation affect worldwide air travel, now? >>> That was probably about the climatic effect. It's unlikely that >>> aviation will be affected longer than a couple of days. >>> >> Looking at flightradar24 it's staggering to see the impact, the only >> traffic in the air is in Turkey and the Western Mediterranean. > > It's pretty startling looking up at the cloudless skies in Manchester > and not seeing a single vapour trail... And how soon before the situation affects the worldwide economy? Passenger travel poses a serious enough problem, considering how many business travelers are affected, but much of the world's freight moves by air nowadays, too! (As though the economic situation were not already bad enough.)
From: EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) on 17 Apr 2010 15:24 Hatunen wrote: > On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 12:14:25 +0200, Martin <me(a)address.invalid> > wrote: > >> On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:27:31 +0200, Wolfgang Schwanke <see(a)sig.nature> wrote: >> >>> "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <evgmsop(a)earthlink.net> >>> wrote in news:hq81gq04tv(a)news6.newsguy.com: >>> >>>> Interesting that the news story mentions the effects of an >>>> 1821 eruption lasting for two years - that was before jet aircraft. How >>>> might a similar situation affect worldwide air travel, now? >>> That was probably about the climatic effect. It's unlikely that >>> aviation will be affected longer than a couple of days. >> It is already longer than a couple of days :o) > > Apparently, the same volcano erupted for two years in 1821... Yes, that was the segment of the BBC story to which I referred. Fortunately air traffic was not a factor, then - but how about now?
From: EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) on 17 Apr 2010 15:26 Hatunen wrote: > On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 12:13:56 +0100, "Mike" > <checkedmonthly(a)live.com> wrote: > >> On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:44:20 -0700 (PDT), Surreyman >> <alandavid.spencer(a)googlemail.com> wrote: >> >>> No air flights not nowhere in or out of the UK today. >> heres the answer:- >> "http://www.amphicars.com/acpics.htm" > > Back in the 1960s I lived in Louisville Kentucky where a man > owned one of these cars. It got considerble play in the local > media. Then, one day, the local Coast Guard gave a number of > citations to the owner for having a boat not displaying proper > marine navigation ights, not being registered as a boat, having > too big an engine for the boat's size, etc., etc. LOL! ("Only in America.....") >
From: erilar on 17 Apr 2010 16:07
In article <hqd1ck22m9p(a)news4.newsguy.com>, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <evgmsop(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > And if you were a pilot or flight attendant, which philosophy would YOU > prefer your employers to adopt? Much as I want my plane to take off Tuesday, I also want it to land the next morning rather than diving into the ocean. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.mosaictelecom.com/~erilarlo |