The media and people with a dangerous half-knowledge of aviation would have you believe that flight over the UK on Sunday 16th/Monday 17th May would have caused aeroplanes to fall out the sky. That in my opinion is boll**ks!
I have another perspective
The "media" in the above statement is way too inclusive. I do agree however about the so called "half-knowledge" and it was exactly this point that resulted in the initial early May sense of caution excercised while the half-knoweldge was being converted to a better understanding of reasonable risk-tolerance actions.
The half knowledge still exists today among many, but fortunately those entrusted with the flight safety decisions have much more knowledge today. Tis true that the initial early actions were with an abundance of caution and in hindsight resolved themselves way too slowly. And many lessons were learned.
I get a better feel of where we are today by following what little print shows up in the mainstream of the truly international written media