Is it safe?
I always seem to get caught up in this Icelandic ash cloud business.
First coming back from Canada last year - and now in this latest disruption - which badly affected Scotland's air space earlier this week.
And I have to say I think I'm on the side of Michael O'Leary and Willie Walsh - who both claim the threat to air travel safety is being completely overblown - by the scientists and boffins.
Because the restrictions placed airlines are all based on computer programmes and theoretical projections - rather than on practical tests - which both Michael O'Leary and Willie Walsh have carried out.
And they reported no adverse effects on the planes which went up into the sky.
So why the big shutdown?
Now no airline is going to take risks with passenger safety - in this day and age.
But surely the way to decide the significance of the risk involved - if any - is to put a plane in the air and take decisions based on real empirical evidence.
First coming back from Canada last year - and now in this latest disruption - which badly affected Scotland's air space earlier this week.
And I have to say I think I'm on the side of Michael O'Leary and Willie Walsh - who both claim the threat to air travel safety is being completely overblown - by the scientists and boffins.
Because the restrictions placed airlines are all based on computer programmes and theoretical projections - rather than on practical tests - which both Michael O'Leary and Willie Walsh have carried out.
And they reported no adverse effects on the planes which went up into the sky.
So why the big shutdown?
Now no airline is going to take risks with passenger safety - in this day and age.
But surely the way to decide the significance of the risk involved - if any - is to put a plane in the air and take decisions based on real empirical evidence.
