Since 2010 when the Greek crisis errupted political forces have done everything within their power to offset the economic and financial reality and keep Greece afloat and in the euro. Five years of imposed actions on Greece has not saved the country but it has devestated its society, threw a big part of its population into poverty and has wasted a generation. The economic parameters of the country are worse than that of a country at war. Young potentials have long fled to countries of hope. Regardless of today (or tomorrow) bringing a political solution, one has to question whatever happened to the European ideal of solidarity. Is this the Europe that we ahve all been working towards? To top it all, it becomes increasingly difficult to find media reporting in a balanced way about Greece. It's easy to find the unexceptable extravaganza instituted in Greece since decades mostly for the happy few. Just do a simple google search and the results list will overflow. It's also easy to find personal attacks on various political leaders. But a clear unbiased stock-taking article of the actual situation? It exists but it's a rare find.
Something else that threw me over the past weeks was this bit of news: Scientists show future events decide what happens in the past. Luckily it's about quantum physics and thus not what we experience in our every day life (I hope!). The digital journal reported: "An experiment by Australian scientists has proven that what happens to particles in the past is only decided when they are observed and measured in the future. Until such time, reality is just an abstraction." You can read all about it here.
Last week I was in Le Bourget having a rather busy week. Two pictures stood out for me: the most beautiful curve in aviation today (it's the Airbus 350 winglet)
and a picture tweeted by @AirbusGroupLIVE: Paris Air Show as seen from space! Don't look for me though, I was stuck inside most of the time...
Last but not least I came across this movie. It's a testimony to piloting soft skills: surprise factor, assessing the situation, taking the correct action, land safely and... never ever take off without a thorough walk around!
