[jhb] Re: Grounded by NATS
- From: "Fossil" <fossil@xxxxxxx>
- To: <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:10:10 +0100
Looking out of my window with not a cloud in the sky and visibility so good
I can see Snowdonia I think NATS have over reacted.
I reckon it won't be nice over Sumburgh which is at the receiving end of the
plume but the latest charts show it is dissipating before it gets to
Edinburgh. Admittedly it's going to get worse over the next few days as the
Jetstream is pointing this way.
When Eric Moody lost all the engines in his B747 over Jakarta he was well
aware something was wrong. The ash was thick enough to cause sparks on the
windscreen (it was night time) and cause a St Elmo's fire effect around the
engine cowlings. Not only that but they could all smell the stuff. The ash
eventually caused so much impact damage to the windscreens that they became
opaque and impossible to see through.
bones
bones@xxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Mike Brook
Sent: 15 April 2010 15:04
To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jhb] Re: Grounded by NATS
.... and we might get some spectacular sunsets. Every cloud, as you
say, has a silver lining!
Living, as I do, directly under the downwind left hand leg for 33 at
EGBB I'm actually enjoying the quiet and peaceful afternoon!
M.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Gerry Winskill
> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 1:58 PM
> To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jhb] Re: Grounded by NATS
>
> Since I'm currently refueling at Christmas Island, the words "all
> right"
> and "Jack" spring readily to mind. However, the real world
> applies to
> our son, who's unlikely to be flying out of JFK tonight, if the
> NATS
> view is correct.
>
> Every cloud has a silver lining; well, grey then. The eruption
> deprived
> the politicians of 15 minutes of lunchtime TV! I guess it has two
> silver
> linings, since it isn't something we can all be made to feel
> guilty for
> causing.
>
> Gerry Winskill
>
> Paul Reynolds wrote:
> > Are we? That is does the NATS restriction apply in the
> simulated world?
> >
> >
> >
> > Paul
> >
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