If WW did indeed bring pressure to bear to get UK FIR's open then I stand by him. After some days of little clear directive other than what some could describe as health and safety syndrome, the fact is that UK airspace cannot be closed for business indefintely without someone or body standing up to be counted. If WW did that then good on him.
And where, one might ask, was the BIG Mouth of Aviation himself during all this?? Normally willing to push every operational and safety parameter to its absolute limit, suddenly the Big Mouth of Aviation goes quiet?
Is he turning over a new leaf - or suddenly aware that safety considerations need considered discussion rather than a bullying Big Mouth?
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