I completely agree with you. The authorities are being so paranoid careful that they are doing more damage than they are trying to prevent. At least you are in a hotel room with a bar, and I am luckily at home, and I fear for the industry too just like you do. The skittish authorities sitting at home enjoying a weekend off ought to go sleep in Heathrow or Frankfurt in a cot for six days with no shower and money run out, in order to contemplate that life always has risks. Thunderstorms have claimed a lot more lives than ash clouds, so the next step is close the airspace all summer because a thunderstorm may pop up unexpectedly? Icing, thunderstorms, unexpected fog, etc, etc, we have to deal with it, not hide in the bunker. Every now and then a Titanic has the lousy luck to hit an iceberg, while a thousand other ships reach safe harbor. These authorities would never have let Columbus leave port. Oh yes, while we're at it, when you do finally get on, take off your shoes and underwear and no water or shampoo allowed, and give me that nail file. We are legislating and regulating and restricting an essential service out of business.