Transports 
Des dizaines de vols sont encore annulés mercredi dans les aéroports parisiens de Roissy et d’Orly, mais aussi à Lyon, Nice, Marseille ou Bordeaux. Les contrôleurs aériens poursuivent leur grève contre la libéralisation du contrôle aérien en Europe. De nouveaux syndicats ont rejoint le mouvement par rapport à mardi, la Direction générale de l’aviation civile qui parle d’une journée “plus compliquée” a demandé de nouvelles annulations de vols.
Traduction/Translation par/by Bill Nelson (Extra information in Italics)
Dozens of flights are again cancelled in the Paris airports of Roissy (CDG) and Orly, but also Lyon, Nice, Marseille and Bordeaux affected. The ATC controllers are striking against the liberalization of ATC in Europe. Other unions are joining the action according to reports from Tuesday, the French Aviation Authority are talking of a day more complicated and are asking for extra flight cancellations. (With other states ATC services also striking it effectively could lead to maximum numbers of ATC controllers on strike and more cancellations. During ATC strikes in France – several per year- DGAC will impose compulsory cancellations in advance on airlines operating into their airports. This allows the available reduced ATC service handle reduced number of flights.)
About bill
Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer.
The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013.
Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI.
Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug
2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website.
But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien.
The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50.
Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea.
Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
