Originally Posted by
NCL-TRC
Unfortunately under normal circumstances you can’t just stick aircraft anywhere, the ash cloud was a slightly different set of circumstances.
I'm ready to be flamed here but, putting my eco-warrior hat on again, one of the changes in behaviour that is needed to deal with climate change will be more use of what highwideandugly describes as 'imagination and a slide rule', not just in aviation but in any CO2 producing industry. As I say, I'm an outsider looking in, but if the ash cloud could be dealt with in the way it was without compromising safety, I am sceptical that they couldn't fit an extra Gulfstream in anywhere (07 run up area even?) to save an unnecessary return trip to FAE.
Reet, I'll get off me soapbox (and retreat to a safe distance).