Originally Posted by
Bigpants
Like others on this thread I question why the UK Gov sold off the C130 "Snoopy" in 2001.
Money. Costs a lot to run a plane.
Were it still with us it would be an ideal platform for measuring ash concentrations and could contribute real data in support of predictions.
This has been an unprecedented event, you have to make a risk assessment to balance the cost of maintaining something 'just in case' and the likelihood of that event occuring.
BD