Re: [GZG] Fighters and other military planes grounded by ash

On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:59:25PM -0400, Mark Kinsey wrote:
> Plus there's the issue that even if there was a known safe
concentration  
> to fly through, it would still increase the maintenance/inspection  
> regimen on the engines so the airlines might not want to do it from a 

> cost perspective.

Normal income + increased maintenance costs is better than no income at
all. Which is why they've been pushing so hard to be allowed to start
flying ASAP, irrespective of safety (of course they don't mention that
last bit).

> There's three levels of safety; country, airline, pilot. If any one of
 
> them says no to flying, they don't fly.

Though in the last case he's usually looking for a new job next day.
There are _lots_ of people who want to be airline pilots.

Here are some pictures from the first Finnish F/A-18 to go through:
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/04/16/340727/pictures-finnish-
f-18-engine-check-reveals-effects-of-volcanic.html

Roger
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