Ash cloud misery for passengers – answers
questions
- What were people looking forward to? a holiday in the sun
- How many flights were cancelled? hundreds – a lot
- How does the second woman describe her situation? as déjà vu – she was a victim of the same situation last year (another ash cloud grounded flights in 2010)
- When was the third man interviewed’s flight cancelled? at the last minute
- What can be seen in red on the map? the no-fly zone
- Why did Ryanair ignore the advice? because they had done their own tests and these did not show ash
- How does the Ryanair boss describe the people at the CA (Civil Aviation)? as ‘incompetent bureacrats’
- What two things does he ask them to stop doing? stop interfering in the way that airlines and aircraft manufacturers manage safety and stop disrupting the travel plans of thousands of passengers
- How does the travel journalist describe the situation? as ‘one big muddle’
- What do people want ultimately? certainty