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Old 18th Apr 2010, 19:59
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Nubian
 
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Volrider,

Nubian, FYI The KLM 737 flew a great circle away from the the majority of the ash cloud
Exactly my point! So, do you think we should continue to hold ops in this area then?

(not the planned route it would have normally taken)
The flight of KLM was checking diffrent altitudes up to FL300 over the Netherlands (it's not a big country I know well, but Germany is next door, so is Belgium which did their own tests) and ALL the routes into one of the biggest hubs in Europe go through that airspace, so what do you think is the NORMAL route? All routes via that little rock in the north-Atlantic?

But hey why let the truth get in the way
What truth am I trying to cover?

I think sadly commercial pressure will force this issue before the skys are clear
Yeah, I think it should be a pressure on the authorities to conduct proper tests, that will show that it is justified danger.

Call me mad, but I don't sleep in full hockey-gear either....
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