Originally Posted by
WHBM
I fear that any aviation proposal for anything nowadays, regardless of its value, will get swamped in the media and politics by the "don't you know there's a climate emergency" increasingly hysterical bandwagon. Regardless also of the fact that the public still increase their use of aviation each year.
It may actually go the opposite way if UK CAA/NATS is savvy about things. There are several research papers analyzing the impact of the Free Route Airspace over mainland Europe and the flight miles saved and associated fuel savings are very significant. So it should be put forward as a redesign of the airspace to reduce
fuel consumption [cough] emissions.