Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Out, damn olive!

Every little bit helps..

Fuel efficiency sees airlines trash cutlery, mags, glasses

Too much to hope they might give thought to the shunting of litres and kilos of duty free hither and thither, especially when we all prefer to buy in a mad panic once we get through Passport Control? Singapore Airlines had a neat scheme (I recall when.. ain't flown much of late) where you pre-ordered and picked up t'other end on the ground before customs -seemed a plan.

I once had an airline client and even pre-enviro-junkie days kept coming up with what I thought were awesome wheezes. One was a suggestion that the classifieds and TV sections got taken out of the complimentary papers, as they could be of no use where they were going and would be out of date upon return.

I got my head patted, and my tush kicked a lot back then. It was 15 years ago, mind. Ahead of my time, I guess..

It just all seems very little... very late. Isn't this an industry that prides itself on being cutting edge? Heck, any small car now is costcut to the penny and lighweighted to the gram these days. Yet still they thought a steel elbow-shattering battering ram of a trolley was the best way to convey lunch up and down.... until now???

Next you'll be telling me some airlines reckon having gold fixtures would be a neat idea!

At least they cottoned early onto saving the planet by recirculating the TB and Bird Flu-soaked air around the passenger cabins, those little eco-tinkers.

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