Tuesday, April 20, 2010

EU Flight Ban Results from Flawed Computer Models


FT.com: "
The acknowledgement that the computer models were flawed is likely to provide ammunition for critics who believe that authorities have shown excessive caution. The closure of much of the airspace over Europe over the past five days is estimated to have cost airlines a total of $200m a day in lost revenue.
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“It is a black box in certain areas,” Matthias Ruete, the EU’s director-general for mobility and transport, said on Monday, noting that many of the assumptions in the computer models were not backed by scientific evidence.
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The acknowledgement that the computer models were flawed is likely to provide ammunition for critics who believe that authorities have shown excessive caution. The closure of much of the airspace over Europe over the past five days is estimated to have cost airlines a total of $200m a day in lost revenue.
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To quote a man from the past, "Government is not a solution to the problem, Government is the problem". This would be comparable to my neighbors slashing my back tire every week day morning 5 minutes before I go to work, to keep my from getting in a car wreck on the way to work.
Am I safe from a wreck? Yes, yes I am.
Am I benefiting and happy due to this unasked for salvation offered by my neighbor?
NO! I cannot reach work!

Who votes this style of government into office?
Voters. Us.
Fortunately, the US side of the aviation system is a bit more free then the EU, for now anyways.


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“If you take the situation across the Atlantic, there the advice would probably be: don’t fly over the volcano. Otherwise, it is up to you to take the precautions necessary,” Mr Ruete said.

While the US system leaves air carriers with the responsibility to determine whether or not it is safe to fly “the American model is not a model of less safety”, he said. “You just need to look at the statistics to see that.”
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Side note: Wasn't it the computer models based on flawed data that were pointing us to make solutions to global warming?


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