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Was Flight Ban Over Ash an Overreaction?
HaymarketRiot writes "Richard Branson has claimed that the flight ban, due to the eruption of the volcano Eyjafjallajokull, was an overreaction on the part of the authorities. Britain's government has even called for the airlines to be compensated. This does look like a perfect excuse for already greedy airlines to try and get more money ... any experts care to comment on the effect of volcanic ash on planes?"
If you want to talk about greed how about you talk about the millions of people around the world who's greed keeps them from working to their potential and instead living off of welfare and socialist programs funded by the theft of money from those who actually have worked hard their whole lives.
The more money an airline, or any publicly traded company makes, the more money everyone who owns stock makes. That includes teachers, police, and firemen who's retirement will be larger thanks to the stock their retirement plans own in these companies.
However there have been examples of planes loosing several (or all) engines at onces when flying trough volcanic ash.
Aren't there regulations on how tight the engines have to be so that they don't come loose during flight?
Rachael Maddow mentioned Flight 9 on MSNBC last week, that was the first I heard of it.
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