Bobbista

Do you have any environmental concerns? In the Netherlands there’s a new ‘hot’ word that the media is picking up: Vliegschaamte or flight shame, directly translated. Some people are starting to feel bad about taking (unnecessary) flights, and some other people are actively promoting flight shame to make others feel bad to try to reduce airway traffic. How do you feel about promoting people’s use of aviation services when this is one of the largest (somewhat avoidable) pollutants in the world?

P.s. don’t mean to bring you down or cramp your style. I’m sure you’re doing a great job and helping people in a way, but as an environmental psychologist I’d be interested in your view

Okay, so for you if we abolished first class and could take more passengers on each flight, there would be no more problem for you? (And what about if 10% of the revenue of the first class tickets would go to some kind of carbon offsetting project?) What about the budget airlines that are ferrying people back and forth over distances where other means of transportation could be used?