CAA & Research
So the CAA seems to agree that more research is needed! It, and the other regulators worldwide are only about 28 years too late to have avoided massive cost and inconvenience to Britain and the rest of Europe.
At post No 1970, before anyone "reopened" our airspace I wrote -
"Far more important than what is happening at the moment is what WILL happen in the coming months. The industry must undertake detailed research to find out what its equipment will "tolerate", while national and international authorities MUST put in place systems to ensure that any computer models of future events can be checked in detail by actual sampling to ensure that a vital industry is operated on the basis of knowledge rather than computer guesstimation.
Had such work been done on a regular basis since 1982, we would have 28 years worth of useful information instead of very little."
I wonder when they will start or have they? That's where the industry has to put the pressure now.
Given that the CAA is one of the few, if not the only "safety regulator" tasked by Government with making a profit - yes, 6% on turnover - surely it should be putting in place a PROPER system, and b****y fast, not least because the next door volcano could go off at any minute!