Andrew Bolt, Herald Sun (Australia)
"The massive shutdown of air traffic over Europe relied on computer models: ....And whose volcanic ash models were relied upon? Why, those of the Met Office, which uses models to predict catastropic man-made warming, too."
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Cowardly Europe has lost its nerve over volcano ash and this absurd air travel ban (EU Observer)
"Lufthansa, rightly furious over this disaster, has said it was “scandalous” to impose a ban based on limited data from virtual computer modelling rather than real flights testing safety.
A spokesman said: “We found no damage to the engines, fuselage or cockpit windows. This is why we are urging the aviation authorities to run more test flights rather than relying on computer models.”
Giovanni Bisignani, the head of IATA, has been on the BBC this morning to accuse the Europeans of creating a “mess”, of banning flights without a proper risk assessment and of not showing leadership. He is right.
Europe has lost its nerve. It relied on UN and British Met Office computer simulations rather than real science, that is testability, samples and experimental test flights. America, which has its own volcanoes, as Mr Eurlings observed, uses a different system that, backed by test flights, aims to keep the air travel moving."
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