Questions now have to be asked WHY QF isn't flying. Many many international operators from highly respected safe Airlines are continuing to operate without Engine damage or risk to life and limb. CX, SQ, TG, NZ, EK, Royal Brunei, China Southern, Qatar, Air Mauritius, Garuda, Etihad, Air Asia etc etc. All these Airlines check their Aircraft for damage and so far.........nada.
There has now been considerable data collected by these operators flying for QF to now have a lot of confidence in the VAAC data.
In 3 days of no flying ( its about by 3 days total I guess ), CX alone has operated around 42 times below the ash cloud and that's just CX.
The VAAC ash cloud modeling is accurate and if anything conservative.
What is QF's real agenda here? Industrial leverage perhaps?
At the end of the day it doesn't bother me, CX will make more profit while QF rots on the vine and screws it's staff some more.
