Daniel Elwell of the US FAA was before the US Congress yesterday to update legislators on progress on cutting emissions. He talked up air traffic management advances, which I think is absolutely right, but rather spoiled the effect with some frankly flaky stuff about how US airlines had cut emissions more than EU carriers. Here is his testimony.
I realise he has to play to his audience, but this really doesn't help advance aviation's cause. No doubt US airlines will cut their emissions a whole lot more than EU carriers in future too - hard not to when you've still got a goodly number of DC-9s rattling around!
Elwell, by the way, is assistant administrator, office of aviation policy, planning and environment. And he was addressing the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's aviation sub-committee. Other parts of the hearing were blogged by Evan Sparks, whose blog I've only just discovered.
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