Originally Posted by Seat0A
Have any of you actually been up there this last week?
Yes.
Originally Posted by Seat0A
Are any of you actually airline pilots?
Yes.
Originally Posted by Seat0A
If so: have you refused to fly this week?
No, why should I? Current official party line is that unless one has flown through the cloud that has been positively identified as containing VA (through stench or ash deposits found postflight) there is no empirical evidence that anything untoward might have happened to engines and no thorough engines innards inspection is warranted. No one in aviation has been yet killed by the volcanic ash, anyway.
Guess If I'm extremely unlucky, new guidelines regarding the allowed VA contamination will ensure that my life coverage is paid in full to my dependents.
Slight downside is that I'm not a cargo pilot.