Why Fly Over Ukraine?

I’ve asked that question, and here is the answer. It would take more fuel and make flights more costly. Seems to mean having to pay a little more to go around an area where you might be shot down is a lot better than losing expensive airplanes and…oh yeah, maybe a few customers, too. It would take a little more time, too. This is the kind of thinking that KILLS people. People who don’t realize how their lives are being put in danger by airline execs who are putting their “bottom line” before their customer’s bottoms. “So they got shot down. So what? We lost an airliner!” And a few people get killed. So what? It’s not like the airlines weren’t warned, and most of them did, in fact, reroute their airplanes and make the requisite changes in plane fares. That means charging more money, folks. Is it cheaper to go ahead and fly over war zones where you might get KILLED? Probably; even if you DO lose an occasional airplane. Apparently SOME airline execs don’t care much about killing all those people. (Sacramento Bee)