I was wondering how pilots generally feel about operating over Iraq given the current state of affairs on the ground, and in light of the attempted shooting down of the DHL Airbus on approach to Bagdhad. I recall just over a year ago long detours around Iraqi airspace between the Middle East and Europe (through Saudi Arabian airspace) just after the end of the war had been declared.
I admit that a few weeks ago I was surprised to wake up from my in-seat slumber to find the Airshow system having plotted a line through Iraq, over Bagdhad, and at that point over Basra. I told my habitually nervous wife about it and she almost had a fit, given the images on TV during the last few weeks.
