re the ash
Anyway after all that ,at a certain large airline we have not really found any ash deposits ,just salt deposits of which volcanic ash does not have in it ,i have that from a very reliable source ..but as for stopping flying over the six day period ,i think it was the right decision ,better to be safe than sorry ...we seem to have stopped doing the extra inspections now as no ash present ....and i may be new on here but i'm not that new to the industry ,some 35 years i think swinging spanners