After the volcanic ash fiasco I was 1/2 expecting airspace closures and a/c grounded just in case the whole ATC & GPS system crumbled under the violent onslaught of mother nature. Hollywood's next disaster movie is in the making and some airlines are already lining up the next pax supplement for unforseen disaster taxes. Trans polar crews were issued with lead vests, but don't tell the pax. Pregnant C/A's were stood down, and any pax with pace makers were refused boarding. The worst fall out from all this was the inflight mobile phone system might fail. Heavens to murgatroid! We're all going to die, or worse still the baggage will end up somewhere else.
If I hear correctly it was all a ripple on the mill pond; but is there a sting in the tail waiting for us; a little like vortices of finals send a shiver through the trees a few moments after the passage of the heavy jet. Batten down the hatches for a few more days.