It has taken over three days to view all the threads in this topic...just as well there was a week-end involved
I liked the analogy with the Blackwall Tunnel for getting things back to normal, having decided on the ban...could be difficult to decide on the right time.
Good post on the reasons for BA, KLM and LH flying their "no problem flights" by Jetex Jim...in which I fully agree.
The Engineers seem to have explained the risks pretty well to me...I wouldn't fly in it any more than I would drive through a snow storm with summer tyres on a non-gritted road.
Problem is...there is something in the air...that you cannot see...with RADAR or Mk1 eyeball...Engine equivalent of black ice.
Change in weather...bit of precipitation and all will be back to normal...but the holes in the cheese lined up to cause an accident...it was spotted early and prevented one.