Since one of the UK COBRA committee, a Mrs Harriett Harman, announced to a startled world that NATS is the regulator for aviation safety in the UK and that we must all wait upon their advice, on her way in to 10 Downing St this morning, I'm not holding put much hope for a sensible UK Government-led scientific analysis of and solution to the problem.
The line-up yesterday evening of 3 Lords outside 10 Downing St, with a woman of some sort, and another non-Lord person, none of whom had anything sensible to say while it was absolutely clear that none of them had a clue about the engineering, operational or commercial issues involved did not engender any confidence either.
Let us hope that the airlines will take the lead, conduct a sound investigation into the real danger, act accordingly when that it done, and tell NATS/CAA/COBRA/EASA/whoever to get back into their bureaucratic boxes and let them get on with operating a safe service..