It won't be long before it's all back to normal - BA's big cheese Willie Walsh went up in their test flight yesterday, so it must be safe.
If it wasn't, he'd have sent a few cabin crew and told them it was a freebie

Curses! It's been lovely and quiet.

Through this whole situation what I found interesting to observe is, how angry some people have been about their plans being ruined rather than be grateful they weren't put in a possible life threatening situation if their plane went down.

Volcano has started errupting again.  Airspace closed once more.

  I reckon this is going to be a long drawn out thing....nature  showing us who is boss, again.....

Absolutely Baz, whenever people think they're in charge of life Nature can provide something to let us know we're not the Boss

It sure does YR... When we get too big for our boots, it comes along and reminds us how small were really are.....

When we're thrown off course by events out of our control we flounder, get angry and get confused. Out of that though can come an amazing resillience to think for themselves, like the people stuck in countries all over the world trying to get back home and criss crossing across countries by whichever route or transport available to them. I admire them for that, our friend has been stuck in Thailand, haven't heard yet when or how he'll get home, but he will eventually same as everyone else with lots of tales to tell their friends lol 

I wonder how it is affecting the military's ability to fly out supplies to our troops in Afghanistan.

Yes,  and the photographs of the volcano are  truly spectacular.....

A new ash cloud spreading towards the UK is causing uncertainty over plans to reopen some airspace on Tuesday, air traffic control body Nats has said.

Earlier, it said the flight ban would be lifted over Scotland, Northern Ireland and the north of England.

But Nats said there was now a worsening situation in some areas. The outlook for Northern Ireland is most uncertain.

Scottish airports are still expected to reopen from 0700 BST, but Nats said it would report again at 0300.

A further update will be made at 0900 BST on Tuesday.

Apparently, last time this volcano errupted it went on for 14 MONTHS.

Sheet, my sister was hoping to get to my brother's wedding last Saturday and now she is hoping to change her flight to the bank holiday weekend, for my other brother's 50th birthday.

I think she should maybe start driving, now.

I heard about that the other day Fluffy, what I've not heard about on the news is how the Icelandic people are coping, e.g has there been loss of life? or homes? is it affecting their health? All the news seems to be about air travel. Haven't any of the media phoned their Embassy or others to find out how their people are coping, maybe the media don't care as the bigger story as far as they're concerned is about those who can't travel, which of course is an inconvenience to all concerned but how about the wider issue of others involved.

I think the volcano is kicking off again.

I'd say quite the opposite...he's not exactly over popular with staff and business associates so I've heard

He's one 'l' away from being called Willy Wash

The latest from the BBC shows a handful of short distance flights have already taken place in Scotland, but the first international flight from Glasgow has been cancelled. But then that was a flight to Iceland!

As Bojangles has pointed out, the volcano has kicked off again. The chances are that it is going to be a bit of a trouble maker for some time to come. Yesterday's Bang Goes the Theory on BBC1 had a segment on the science behind the volcano including interviewing some scientists involved in the test flights from Cranford. Although the volcano could continue erupting for months, once the ice at the top of the volcano (in what is called a caldera) has melted, the type of ash which is causing all the problems should cease.

I'd say he wouldn't risk his own well-paid neck unless it was safe at that time (different story now the volcano's kicking off again). The staff hate him (with good reason) but if he can prove it's safe to go up, then he can tell them to, can't he?

What I heard was that when the volcano first erupted th nearby villages were evacuated, (can't remember how many people that involved, but not huge numbers) but because the volcano is on the south of the island and the wind is blowing the ash cloud southeastwards, Iceland itself is basically unaffected.

The Icelandic PM has unhelpfully told us that this is just 'A Trial Run' as the neighbouring volcano, which has faithfully erupted at least once every centuary, last erupted in 1918.

i lifted my restrictions once...............got 120 hours community service,
couldn't believe i got so much for so little.................but enough of my
problems.............

LMAO  Hi Rekaf..... it's lovely to see you back

Seconded

Hi Rekaf - nice to see you * got in before the duck arrives* - you always were obsessive about the duck

hi guys..............i just got back in.............what the hell happened!!!

LOL...it's all part of the excitement Rekaf We have a had a few problems of late.... check out the Feedback thread..... but they are trying to sort it.....

ta baz, nice to see you all again..............

Good to see you too Rekaf

Didja hear
those miserable moaning whinging gits
on R5 this morning?
Am I the only one
who wishes
that they had flown a few planes?
"We don't want a nanny state!"
That was their catchphrase.
(Excepting when they need one)

What did they expect the authorities to do, keep flying until a big enough number of planes fell out of the sky killing several thousand passangers and people on the ground?
Then of course it would be screaming and yelling about 'Why did they keep flying in such dangerous conditions?'

EXACTLY....what a load of baws we have been fed, iceland is hardly effected, "don't you get large heavy ash particles that would fall out the sky" wheres the big piles of the stuff in iceland..all i've seen is a tiny smattering on some icelanders car windscreen....any smoke in the air would be blown in a certain direction by the wind, then gradually fall or evaporate, what a pile of turdness....WE HAVE BEEN DUPED BY A GOVERNMENT THAT HAS POOPED IT'S PANTS BECAUSE THERES AN ELECTION COMING UP.