[Tree Potato]

Originally Posted by Brush Okie

So my question is why some jack ass CEO made the decision to let civilian airline full of their passengers fly over a combat zone? I realize it would cost more in fuel to route around but anyone that didn't see this coming is an idiot.

Granted, it was a Malaysian flight, but... our FAA advised US carriers to exercise extreme caution in the area back in April; the NOTAM is valid until April 2015.

http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publi...RAINE_SFAR.pdf

F. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS (NOT INCLUDED IN SFAR 113).
U.S. OPERATORS AND AIRMEN FLYING INTO, OUT OF, WITHIN, OR TRANSITING
LVOV (UKLV), KYIV(UKBV), DNEPROPETROVSK (UKDV), AND ODESSA (UKOV)
FIRS, AS WELL AS AIRSPACE IN THE SIMFEROPOL (UKFV) FIR THAT IS OUTSIDE
THE LATERAL LIMITS OF SFAR 113 AIRSPACE DESCRIBED ABOVE, MUST
REVIEW CURRENT SECURITY/THREAT INFORMATION AND NOTAMS; COMPLY
WITH ALL APPLICABLE FAA REGULATIONS, OPERATIONS SPECIFICATIONS,
MANAGEMENT SPECIFICATIONS, AND LETTERS OF AUTHORIZATION,
INCLUDING UPDATING B450; AND EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION DUE TO THE
CONTINUING POTENTIAL FOR INSTABILITY. U.S. OPERATORS MUST REPORT
SAFETY AND/OR SECURITY INCIDENTS TO THE FAA