Volcanic Ash Grounds UK Flights

i think we are forgetting the real issue here. for me the real problem is iceland, and if they can't be trusted to look after it responsibly then they shouldnt be allowed to own a volcano. if it's not sorted i will be boycotting iceland and going to farm foods instead.

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Originally Posted by Filled Rolls

I think they're quite right, it's time you lot were better trained in switching the weather on and off. Then we wouldn't have all these emergencies like kiddies not getting to their child minder and mums not getting to the hair dresser.

It's broken Britain alright. Do you know this, I was in a hospital the other day, and somebody had died!!!! You'd expect the canteen to be in pandemonium and doctors and nurses consoling each other in grief. The selfish ********s just got on with their day like nothing had happened.

British workers have just lost the ability to accept responsibility for the things they should be doing. Bring back Franco, he speaks their language.

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Originally Posted by degenerated

i think we are forgetting the real issue here. for me the real problem is iceland, and if they can't be trusted to look after it responsibly then they shouldnt be allowed to own a volcano. if it's not sorted i will be boycotting iceland and going to farm foods instead.

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This is true, the majority of the Canary Islands hvre live volcanoes and they never seem to erupt, is this because they're in a nice hot part of the wrld and Iceland, well it's bloody freezing all the time. :wink:

I was in Lanzarote a couple of years ago and ll they have is a big hole where you can cook your food in and a smaller one to through water down to show you there's a live volcano there, Icelanders, just bloody show off's if you ask me. :greengrin

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Originally Posted by cheeky moonkeh

We saw this plane also, cause it was really loud, looked pretty low!!!

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It was probably Air Weedge flying under the clouds because the ash is at 40,000 feet. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by degenerated

i think we are forgetting the real issue here. for me the real problem is iceland, and if they can't be trusted to look after it responsibly then they shouldnt be allowed to own a volcano. if it's not sorted i will be boycotting iceland and going to farm foods instead.

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This is Iceland's revenge for the way Fat Gordy bullied them about the banks failing, and for all the fishery disputes we've had with them over the years.



You might say it's an Act of Cod..... :tee hee:



Just jokulling. I'm gone. :offski:

at work today the report we got was saying depending on the wind the ash could be over edinburgh on sunday,

We were supposed to fly to Glasgow via Dubai from Auckland yetserday evening (NZ time). They didn't even allow us to board the flight to Dubai a apparently Dubai is full (hotels and airport) with stranded passengers.

We've been told it coul be several days before we are allowed to leave NZ because of the backlog. We are lucky as my girlfriend's sister lives here so we can stay wih her but others would have a bit of a problem as Emirates were telling people at the airport that they wouldn't pay for accommodation as it ws natural disaster and that most insurance policies probably wouldn't cover it either.

There's nothing much we can do and we'd rather be safe than dead, and would much rather be stuck here than in Dubai with thousands more.

The only (very mildly) amusing aspect of the news reports I can see is how all the TV reporters keeper referring to "the volcano". The papers do the same.

Can't they pronounce (or spell) "Eyjafjallajokull"? :cool2:

The Met Office boffin on BBC News just now said that he could see this problem going on well into next week unless the eruption calms down. He said it's the water from the glacier being superheated and blowing off as steam that's causing the explosions that are pushing the dust so high, and until that stops, the disruption will continue....

And the longer the eruption goes on, the bigger the backlog of flights that'll need clearing, and the longer people will be stuck in places they don't want to be. I suppose the problems are made worse because so many journeys are routed through a relatively small number of major European airports like Frankfurt and Heathrow.

I think it's safe to say that my planned flight to Helsinki on Tuesday morning is goosed!! :boo hoo:

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Originally Posted by lyonhibs

I think it's safe to say that my planned flight to Helsinki on Tuesday morning is goosed!! :boo hoo:

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Looks like it, mate.

We've become so dependent on air travel. Now it's striking home to us how vulnerable our transport system is.

This eruption isn't even really serious as eruptions go - no one died.

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Originally Posted by 65bd

Sensible logic for a weegie though :faf:

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Weegies don't like flying. They have to get drunk in the departure lounge.

Consequently, they behave like Billy Connolly during the flight setting everyone else's teeth on edge.

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Originally Posted by heretoday

Weegies don't like flying. They have to get drunk in the departure lounge.

Consequently, they behave like Billy Connolly during the flight setting everyone else's teeth on edge.

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Most Weegies I know are drunk long before they get to the departure lounge.

They're drunk when they get in the taxi to go to the airport.

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Originally Posted by Doddie

The only (very mildly) amusing aspect of the news reports I can see is how all the TV reporters keeper referring to "the volcano". The papers do the same.

Can't they pronounce (or spell) "Eyjafjallajokull"? :cool2:

The Met Office boffin on BBC News just now said that he could see this problem going on well into next week unless the eruption calms down. He said it's the water from the glacier being superheated and blowing off as steam that's causing the explosions that are pushing the dust so high, and until that stops, the disruption will continue....

And the longer the eruption goes on, the bigger the backlog of flights that'll need clearing, and the longer people will be stuck in places they don't want to be. I suppose the problems are made worse because so many journeys are routed through a relatively small number of major European airports like Frankfurt and Heathrow.

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Hope it's sorted out within the next 10 days a i have another 'business' trip to the north of Italy planned. I'd hate to miss out on all the exciting business i could be involved in.

Of course the company i am visiting don't put me in a 5 star hotel with a 2 Michelin star restaurant, a free bar, glorious views and lovely weather with ample free time. That would sound like i'm ripping the p1sh out of my employers.

Stuck in Salou. Was due to fly back on Thursday, rebooked for Tuesday but that looks well dodgy now. Off to Barca on Monday if the flight is cancelled to book the soonest Eurostar possible.

Weather is dire too and we lost to a lost minute offside goal :boo hoo:

We now can't get rebooked on a flight until 29th April and that was only with kicking up a fuss - first date we were originally offered was 5th of May or something like that.

Seriously considering trying to get a flight to Madrid and driving back (not sure if we can even do that with Emirates as we would have to go via Dubai which Emirates are refusing to send anyone to at the moment). All the other airlines from Auckland seem to go the other way, e.g. via LA, or via places that you would have to fly through Central / Western Europe to get back.

Went to rebook today. Next flight with seats back from Catalunya to anywhere in the UK with Ryanair is next Tuesday! I´ll have to watch Hibs spoiling the Hun title party in Salou.

Scotland, Ireland and northern England airports re open at 7am tomorrow morning, for some reason Ryanair have grounded their planes until wednesday morning why???

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Originally Posted by JC50

Scotland, Ireland and northern England airports re open at 7am tomorrow morning, for some reason Ryanair have grounded their planes until wednesday morning why???

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Probably will be a logistical nightmare, i.e. getting staff to the right places - not something I've seen mentioned much anywhere but presumably pilots and cabin crew are also stranded.

Even if airspace opens (they are now saying another cloud is on its way), I don't expect I'll be on a plane home anytime soon.

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Originally Posted by overDrive

Probably will be a logistical nightmare, i.e. getting staff to the right places - not something I've seen mentioned much anywhere but presumably pilots and cabin crew are also stranded.

Even if airspace opens (they are now saying another cloud is on its way), I don't expect I'll be on a plane home anytime soon.

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:agree:

Aircraft/crew positioning is all over the shop. It's normally far more of a problem for the low cost carriers because they pretty much run at full capacity all the time i.e. they don't have any spare aircraft, while the likes of BA, Emirates etc. will have some spare planes they can position in the right place where needed. In this case though, everything's screwed because of the volume of planes that have been grounded.

Well so much for opening the Scottish airspce at 7am, Edinburgh has no flights in or out all day and Glasgow have a couple going to Cambletown and Islay, that'll get things back to normal eh.