Post by Dave on May 9, 2010 9:23:29 GMT -5
Nope, I can't pronounce it either. But it sure is disrupting transatlantic flights and other flights around Eurpoe this week. Mrs.
Dave is due to fly back this Friday, so I hope she doesn't get grounded.
Volcanoes are not as easy to predict as thunderstorms, of course, and so there is no way airlines can predict when zillions of little ash particles will be belched up into the atmosphere. But especially this time of year, I'll bet a lot of transatlantic flight is elective ... vacations ... and people will begin to hold off for months, a year, who knows how long? It's tough to schedule your vacation in July around the schedule of a fickle volcano, but worse to get stuck on the other side of the ocean waiting for the dust to settle.
The airlines stand to lose a lot.
Dave is due to fly back this Friday, so I hope she doesn't get grounded.
Volcanoes are not as easy to predict as thunderstorms, of course, and so there is no way airlines can predict when zillions of little ash particles will be belched up into the atmosphere. But especially this time of year, I'll bet a lot of transatlantic flight is elective ... vacations ... and people will begin to hold off for months, a year, who knows how long? It's tough to schedule your vacation in July around the schedule of a fickle volcano, but worse to get stuck on the other side of the ocean waiting for the dust to settle.
The airlines stand to lose a lot.
