Automobiles and Transportation : A teen's SOLO transatlantic ✈️ calls attention to πŸ—‘οΈFUL 'πŸ‘» ✈️ ✈️'!!!!!…

A teen's SOLO transatlantic ✈️ calls attention to πŸ—‘οΈFUL 'πŸ‘» ✈️ ✈️'!!!!!…

European carriers are urging the European Union to alter so-called "use it or lose it" regulations forcing ✈️✈️ to continue flying empty or near-empty ✈️.

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Kai Forsyth lived it up on a recent British Airways ✈️ from London to Florida. The 19-year-old college freshman had the entire ✈️ to himself, with only the pilots and ✈️ crew onboard keeping him company on the nearly 9-hour ✈️.

"The cabin crew said I was the only person on board the ✈️," Forsyth wrote in a TikTok video about his trip on Januray 9th. Indeed, as the πŸ“± pans from left to right, a 🌊 of empty πŸ’ΊπŸ’Ί fills the frame.

Meanwhile, the crew appeared to dote on the solo traveler, treating him to an "unlimited" supply of ✈️ snacks and at least one ✈️ attendant binged on 🍿 and πŸŽ₯πŸŽ₯ with Forsyth, he said.

"It was eight hours so I set up a πŸ›ŒπŸΌ. Literally the comfiest I've ever been on a ✈️," he added.

While the experience might have been a delight for Forsyth, so-called "πŸ‘» ✈️ ✈️" β€” ✈️ that carriers have to make if they want to hold on to their allocated routes and airport gates β€” have become a flashpoint for environmentalists across Europe. They're calling for regulatory changes to keep polluting ✈️✈️ from making ✈️ that would normally be canceled while omicron has sent demand plummeting. ✈️ companies are also putting pressure on the European Union to adjust the rules until at least the autumn.

According to European Commission guidelines, under the "80/20 rule," carriers must operate 80% of their allocated slot for at least 80% of the time. That was tweaked at the outset of the pandemic and more recently adjusted to 50%, but those figures still exceed the number of ✈️✈️ needed to meet current passenger demand. Additionally, the pre-pandemic rate is set to be reinstated by March 2022.

Conservationists are trying to keep that from happening and have launched an online petition, saying, "'πŸ‘»' ✈️ ✈️ are of no benefit to anyone. This is a needless, πŸ—‘οΈFUL practice, and reforming historic rights to landing slots will bring it to an end."

It continues: "At a time of climate emergency we need to drastically reduce our fossil fuel use, and in the context of our steadily dwindling carbon budget, it beggars belief that ✈️ fly empty."

Earlier this month, Lufthansa revealed it had operated 18,000 flights this winter that would otherwise have been cancelled due to lack of passengers, including 3000 on Brussels ✈️✈️, which it owns.

That prompted Belgium's federal mobility minister to raise the issue with the European commissioner for transport. In a letter, the Belgian official described the current rules as "economic, ecologic and socially nonsense."


"THAT'S SOME BAD SHIT, HARRY!".

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