Tue Jan 25, 2022 11:53 am
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@James Chan you make a good point.
In the commercial world we are already discussing whether the priorities we have (basically optimise sequence for max number of aircraft in min amount of time) are right and proper, both now, in a reduced traffic loading, and in the future. For the sake of getting all the aircraft away from the holding point we'd not consider aircraft type in the context of fuel burn....aircraft are aircraft and we sort them into the 'quickest' departure order.
But when the airsport isn't running a 99.6% schedule, shouldn't we think more about sustainability? If an A380 gulps down fuel at, what, 250kgs per min (750kgs of CO2) at ground idle, compared to 25kgs (75kgs of CO2) for an A320? From an environmental point of view an A380 should take utmost priority at the holding point and jump the queue, even if that delays a few A320s by a minute or two.
I can only see this type of thinking becoming more and more important and I don't know what impact that will have on GA, but it's something GA needs to be aware of and start thinking about itself.
In the commercial world we are already discussing whether the priorities we have (basically optimise sequence for max number of aircraft in min amount of time) are right and proper, both now, in a reduced traffic loading, and in the future. For the sake of getting all the aircraft away from the holding point we'd not consider aircraft type in the context of fuel burn....aircraft are aircraft and we sort them into the 'quickest' departure order.
But when the airsport isn't running a 99.6% schedule, shouldn't we think more about sustainability? If an A380 gulps down fuel at, what, 250kgs per min (750kgs of CO2) at ground idle, compared to 25kgs (75kgs of CO2) for an A320? From an environmental point of view an A380 should take utmost priority at the holding point and jump the queue, even if that delays a few A320s by a minute or two.
I can only see this type of thinking becoming more and more important and I don't know what impact that will have on GA, but it's something GA needs to be aware of and start thinking about itself.
Last edited by GonzoEGLL on Thu Jan 27, 2022 1:24 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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