What a con job it was!
This was the greatest example of bureaucratic backside-covering the world has seen. Thank heavens the politicians have now intervened.
Here is an volcano close-up video and pronunciation guide -
The Icelanders did not restrict how close to Eyjafjallajokull an aircraft can fly - the decision-making was left where it should have been left. in the cockpit.
How many lives were lost because patients could not get to their hospitals and doctors? How many because medications, organs, and radioactive isotopes were not delivered? How many were lost because people drove long distances instead of flying?
Let's hope the damage done on this occasion leads to a re-think about "nervous nelly" regulation.
Last edited by Boyd Munro; 27th Apr 2010 at 17:05.