Originally Posted by
OMAAbound
This thread is utter garbage! Tankering has happened forever, period!
Any aviator will tell you they’ve burned more fuel than they’ve tankered in their entire career waiting at ANY holding point, at ANY airfield!
Absolute codswallop from all the snowflakes these days trying make a case!
OMAA
I partly agree with your sentiment.
What you cannot avoid is the fact air travel is not a good thing for the environment. Perhaps the more relevant factors are those affecting 'sustainability' of the industry, and the expansion in recent years. How many aircraft in the skies (especially in europe) now compared with previously. They are now more fuel efficient, but they can compare carbon emissions.
If you fly loco multiple times a year I think you need to place a hell of a lot of trees to 'off-set' your carbon footprint.
I am sure all the passengers do this routinely, for the sake of the grand kids, yes??