EasyJet claims it has a miraculous new volcanic ash detector

http://us.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/06/04/...tor/index.html

On Jun 4, 11:38*am, Mxsmanic wrote:
http://us.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/06/04/...t.detector/ind...

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acronym?

The new system -- dubbed the Airborne Volcanic Object Identifier and
Detector (AVOID) - was developed by Dr Fred Prata of the Norwegian
Institute for Air Research and has the backing of the British Civil
Aviation Authority (CAA).

People get paid money to come up with Characters Rearranged Avoiding
Pertinence like that.

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On Jun 4, 11:38Â*am, Mxsmanic wrote:
http://us.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/06/04/...t.detector/ind...

Can we make it a crime to twist words so as to create a clever
acronym?

The new system -- dubbed the Airborne Volcanic Object Identifier and
Detector (AVOID) - was developed by Dr Fred Prata of the Norwegian
Institute for Air Research and has the backing of the British Civil
Aviation Authority (CAA).

People get paid money to come up with Characters Rearranged Avoiding
Pertinence like that.

There's that and that the technology is about 40 years old at least.

Back in the early 70's I was paying my tutition by (among other things)
bolting sensors on airplanes to measure tiny particulates at altitude.


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On 04/06/10 20:03, wrote:
In rec.aviation.piloting wrote:
On Jun 4, 11:38 am, wrote:
http://us.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/06/04/...t.detector/ind...

Can we make it a crime to twist words so as to create a clever
acronym?

The new system -- dubbed the Airborne Volcanic Object Identifier and
Detector (AVOID) - was developed by Dr Fred Prata of the Norwegian
Institute for Air Research and has the backing of the British Civil
Aviation Authority (CAA).

People get paid money to come up with Characters Rearranged Avoiding
Pertinence like that.

There's that and that the technology is about 40 years old at least.

Back in the early 70's I was paying my tutition by (among other things)
bolting sensors on airplanes to measure tiny particulates at altitude.


There was an interview with one of the scientists on TV in the UK today.

It seems the technology has existed for years, it just wasn't cost
effective to fit before this year.



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William Black wrote:
On 04/06/10 20:03, wrote:
In rec.aviation.piloting wrote:
On Jun 4, 11:38 am, wrote:
http://us.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/06/04/...t.detector/ind...

Can we make it a crime to twist words so as to create a clever
acronym?

The new system -- dubbed the Airborne Volcanic Object Identifier and
Detector (AVOID) - was developed by Dr Fred Prata of the Norwegian
Institute for Air Research and has the backing of the British Civil
Aviation Authority (CAA).

People get paid money to come up with Characters Rearranged Avoiding
Pertinence like that.

There's that and that the technology is about 40 years old at least.

Back in the early 70's I was paying my tutition by (among other things)
bolting sensors on airplanes to measure tiny particulates at altitude.


There was an interview with one of the scientists on TV in the UK today.

It seems the technology has existed for years, it just wasn't cost
effective to fit before this year.

Or more to the point, there was no incentive to have such a system before
this year as a volcano disrupting air traffic is historically a rare event.


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Jim Pennino

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Can we make it a crime to twist words so as to create a clever
acronym?


People get paid money to come up with Characters Rearranged Avoiding
Pertinence like that.

How about PIF trauma?
Western governments are now completely regimented by Pie In the Face stress
disorder.
While a small majority of people still recognize they cannot blame their
governments for natural disasters (notwithstanding attempts at same by
inventing global warming), it has become routine and automatic to blame
them for not reacting adequately and not practicing enough prevention.

In the hundred something years that airplanes have been flying, not a year
has gone by without volcanoes erupting somewhere on the planet. There have
been a couple of anecdotal run-ins at very high altitude - certainly worth
practicing some avoidance, but the death toll still remains at zero. The
European governments must feel a great sense of injustice at being
criticized for pulling the main circuit breaker on the entire society in
their latest _prevention_ efforts, causing untold damage and hardship for
millions for no justifiable cause. Geez - What’s a government to do?

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Can we make it a crime to twist words so as to create a clever
acronym?


People get paid money to come up with Characters Rearranged Avoiding
Pertinence like that.

How about PIF trauma?
Western governments are now completely regimented by Pie In the Face stress
disorder.
While a small majority of people still recognize they cannot blame their
governments for natural disasters (notwithstanding attempts at same by
inventing global warming), it has become routine and automatic to blame
them for not reacting adequately and not practicing enough prevention.

In the hundred something years that airplanes have been flying, not a year
has gone by without volcanoes erupting somewhere on the planet. There have
been a couple of anecdotal run-ins at very high altitude - certainly worth
practicing some avoidance, but the death toll still remains at zero. The
European governments must feel a great sense of injustice at being
criticized for pulling the main circuit breaker on the entire society in
their latest _prevention_ efforts, causing untold damage and hardship for
millions for no justifiable cause. Geez - What?s a government to do?

Short memory? - check this incident out (I think it's one of the major
incidents that's led to the closure of airways - they don't want a
repeat!) ...

A 747, all four engines stopped, for about 12 minutes.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_9

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Duncan.

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In the hundred something years that airplanes have been flying, not a year
has gone by without volcanoes erupting somewhere on the planet. There have
been a couple of anecdotal run-ins at very high altitude - certainly worth
practicing some avoidance, but the death toll still remains at zero. The
European governments must feel a great sense of injustice at being
criticized for pulling the main circuit breaker on the entire society in
their latest _prevention_ efforts, causing untold damage and hardship for
millions for no justifiable cause.

Safety is a pretty justifiable cause. Nobody dies from accidents until the
accidents occur. The fact that nobody has died from a particular type of
accident does not mean that no precautions to prevent it should be taken.

Flights encountering volcanic ash have been few in number thus far, and
they've all been lucky. Assuming that aircraft flying over the ocean will
always be able to glide to land after an ash encounter is irresponsible.

The current known safe threshold for ash in jet engines is zero.

On Jun 8, 5:45*am, Mxsmanic wrote:

Nobody dies from accidents until the
accidents occur.

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On Jun 8, 5:45*am, Mxsmanic wrote:

Nobody dies from accidents until the
accidents occur.

Please don't point out the troll.

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