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Old 17th Apr 2010, 12:40
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Gulfcapt
 
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I hope you guys get back in the air soon.

Here's a link to an article from yesterday predicting a change in the jetstream that will allow flights to resume Thursday.
AccuWeather.com - Weather News | Ash Plume Aviation Crisis May Get Relief Thursday

We were in Stockholm Thursday and awoke to the news of this. Our Ops department management decided they didn't need to wake us up. By the time we were airborne at 1312z the airspace just north was closed and the airport closed at 16z. When we called for engine start, they told us we couldn't go even though Brussels had approved the route. Took about 15 minutes of negociations to convince them we could go. We went south to Geneva before turning westbound for the states.

Wish they had woken us up. We were lucky, we should have gotten out earlier.


Best,
Jim
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