I think any statement by the most anti aircraft and anti high paid professionals political party in the Netherlands needs to be assessed with extreme care...
The lead person of DEGAS, a former KLM capt and the former chairman of DALPA was in the press with a very good assessment of the use of extra fuel and the trade offs this has in safety, environmental cost and financial terms... A much needed balanced and informed view!
In short: a lot of noise in the press by people who have no clue.... and who the fearful will vote for because of this scaremongering...
Rant over