Icelandic Volcano erupts again [general discussion]
May 24, 2011, 9:25 am
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May 24, 2011, 9:25 am
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I got it wrong 
. Advice from CAA/ EASA / Eurocontrol is that the airspace will not be closed. The airlines themselves must perform a safety risk assessment and have it accepted by their national airworthiness authority. This means this time the decison to fly is with the airline not ATC. To date no airline has applied to the UK CAA to operate in High density ash which is most of Scotland tomorrow 
Also the current bad weather up here means that the forecast is inaccurate so they know there will be disruption but not when or where to any real degree of confidence.
regards
Aero_Safety
. Advice from CAA/ EASA / Eurocontrol is that the airspace will not be closed. The airlines themselves must perform a safety risk assessment and have it accepted by their national airworthiness authority. This means this time the decison to fly is with the airline not ATC. To date no airline has applied to the UK CAA to operate in High density ash which is most of Scotland tomorrow Also the current bad weather up here means that the forecast is inaccurate so they know there will be disruption but not when or where to any real degree of confidence.
regards
Aero_Safety
"Eurocontrol designates three distinct areas of ash cloud concentration. In the higher ash concentration area no flights are permitted, but in lower concentration areas NATS no longer close airspace. Instead they leave airlines to decide whether to fly or not based on their own safety risk assessment. Airline risk assessments have to be registered with the CAA, in the case of UK carriers, or their own national authorities for aircraft registered outside of the UK. This means that while the risk of disruption is present, it could be more contained than last year."
May 24, 2011, 9:44 am
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I spotted MOL mouthing off again this morning on BBC News, but it seems his ash spotting flight has been debunked by the CAA according to flightglobal.
Looks like they flew around for a while somewhere over Scotland, had a look out of the window and decided they couldn't see anything.
Looks like they flew around for a while somewhere over Scotland, had a look out of the window and decided they couldn't see anything.
May 24, 2011, 9:45 am
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Interesting that LDY is "in the zone" and 46 miles away, BFS isn't. I'm struggling to see evidence of learnings from last year, other than widespread buck-passing by authorities to airlines.
Interesting that LDY is "in the zone" and 46 miles away, BFS isn't. I'm struggling to see evidence of learnings from last year, other than widespread buck-passing by authorities to airlines.
May 24, 2011, 10:09 am
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Anyway, the big game is tomorrow in Dublin
Not looking forward to an early morning drive to Edinburgh to be bumped and miss the game.
May 24, 2011, 11:08 am
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May 24, 2011, 1:40 pm
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BA ash test flight just returning to LHR now
BA9271 flew from LHR then did high-level circuits over ABZ, then to MAN, low level to NCL then towards EDI, GLA now back towards LHR. I'll post a screenshot from flightradar24 once I can get my image on a website.
May 24, 2011, 10:21 pm
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OT: Flights diverted/cancelled due to Iceland volcanic ash ..
Sorry, after I posted I noticed the sticky.
Last edited by tmac100; May 24, 2011 at 10:32 pm Reason: Redundant question...
May 24, 2011, 10:26 pm
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If your journey originates in the EU you should be covered, as proven by Ryanair last year when they were the only carrier to not look after its passengers and fell foul of the law.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...assengers.html
If you are originating outside of the EU then I have no idea
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...assengers.html
If you are originating outside of the EU then I have no idea
May 24, 2011, 11:34 pm
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If your journey originates in the EU you should be covered, as proven by Ryanair last year when they were the only carrier to not look after its passengers and fell foul of the law.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...assengers.html
If you are originating outside of the EU then I have no idea
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...assengers.html
If you are originating outside of the EU then I have no idea
May 25, 2011, 3:29 am
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- an EU carrier
- departing the EU
Then the comp rules apply.
The EU cannot enforce it on planes flying to the EU. So if a plane is flying NYC-LON and is not an EU carrier, then EU rules cannot apply. If it is flying LON-NYC, no matter where it is based, EU rules apply.
May 25, 2011, 4:16 am
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Jul 6, 2011, 3:08 pm
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Jul 6, 2011, 3:11 pm
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