[...] Under these "use it or lose it" regulations, prior to the pandemic carriers had to utilise at least 80pc of their scheduled take-off and landing slots.
This was revised to 50pc as coronavirus saw travel become increasingly difficult – but airlines are still struggling to hit this target.
As a result of Lufthansa Group's latest figures, the Belgian federal government has written to the European Commission, calling for a change to the rules on maintaining slots.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by deimtee on Wednesday January 12 2022, @06:14AM (4 children)
What shit? The point of this story is that shit that didn't need to be done was being done, and simply wasting resources.
You can't loot the future, it's not here yet. Much more likely you'd end up trying to loot the ruling class. Since they are the ones in charge, and have long had experience in protecting their wealth, I don't see the problem.
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(Score: 0, Redundant) by khallow on Wednesday January 12 2022, @06:25AM
Not by Lufthansa. They employed people to protect valuable assets - access to those gates.
We're already doing it. Most public pensions are classic examples. So are the large debts that most countries have.
What does the ruling class own? And how are you going to "loot" that in a way that doesn't partially or fully destroy the value of that asset?
(Score: 0, Redundant) by khallow on Wednesday January 12 2022, @03:43PM (2 children)
My take is that this can be resolved to most peoples' satisfaction by increasing the rent significantly for airport slots that aren't in use (thus demonstrating that fitness without the waste of CO2 emissions) with a reverting to the traditional model once things settle down.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Thursday January 13 2022, @03:19AM (1 child)
> the CO2 emissions are really considered waste, and well, there's just not that much of it.
And the fuel to make those emissions which is still coming from non renewable sources. Also the hours wear and tear on the jet engines, which uses significant resources to maintain.
> this is a demonstration of fitness
Like "flexing" by purchasing an NFT?
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(Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday January 13 2022, @03:22AM
Yep, not much.
Nope.