I am currently in Israel. Yep, I got here by airplane yesterday. Actually, that in and of itself is somewhat of a miracle given the volcanic eruption in Iceland and its affect on a whole bunch of airplanes.
Though my flight itself wasn't canceled, I was not completely exempt from inconvenience. Our route was forced to take a detour that added an additional half-hour onto the already long flight. We also took off over an hour late due to the fact that the plane was waiting for a bunch of connecting passengers whose planes had been delayed for the same reason.
It seems though, that inconvenient as my experience might have been, less convenient still, was the experience of the European Airline companies. In the opinion of Dr Ashley Steel, the Global Chair for Transport and Infrastructure at KPMG, the volcanic eruption probably cost an airline like British Airways tens of millions. Did you watch those share prices drop?
So, yeah, the flight across the ocean was really more unpleasant than it should have been, but I'm here now.
And in other news this morning, Barak Obama wants to visit Mars.
Enjoy!
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