Quote Originally Posted by malako
This is serious shit
Very. Points out how unprepared we are for another or worse event. Not sure what can be done but surely better planning and contingencies could be put in place. The FAA in the US has several planes especially designed to fly into ash clouds and find corridors where a commercial aircraft can fly. Europe appears to have little or no capability in this area so just shut down the whole air space.

Frankly a very poor response by the EU.