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9) My passengers
Let’s begin where I left off(setting) last week. Airlines around the world are being accused of ‘greenwashing’, reducing your guilt of...

Yusuf Khan-Cheema
Jun 26, 20204 min read


8B) CORSIA: A market-based approach
I hope last week’s post emphasised the difficulty of decarbonising aviation. The industry’s aim of carbon neutral growth by 2020 simply...

Yusuf Khan-Cheema
Jun 19, 20203 min read


8A) A technological fix?
Talking about myself was easy, but now let’s address the big question: what are my family doing to reduce my environmental impact? Today,...

Yusuf Khan-Cheema
Jun 12, 20203 min read


7C) Death
I’ve complained about waste from my passengers, but there’s one source of waste I’m yet to consider: my own rotting corpse. Let’s return...

Yusuf Khan-Cheema
Jun 5, 20203 min read


7B) Time for a dump
Today I thought we'd take a break from the bigger environmental issues and look at one of the fundamental characteristics of living...

Yusuf Khan-Cheema
May 29, 20201 min read


7A) Cabin waste
Waste has become ubiquitous in our consumer society where a philosophy of take-make-dispose dominates. Although aviation is only a small...

Yusuf Khan-Cheema
May 22, 20203 min read


6) My stomach's rumbling
Whilst you’ve been filling your stomach at 38,000ft, my belly has been full ever since we left. Many people don’t realise I can carry two...

Yusuf Khan-Cheema
May 15, 20202 min read


5B) Calculating your own emissions
Today, let’s focus on you. Although I used ICAO’s CO2 emissions calculator in my last post, I recommend visiting this website because it...

Yusuf Khan-Cheema
May 8, 20201 min read


5A) Cruising at 38,000ft: It’s warm up here...
We made it. We’re at 38,000ft, the views are amazing and everyone’s smiling. But not everyone’s happy with me and my family. So today...

Yusuf Khan-Cheema
May 1, 20204 min read


4) Departure: It's not my fault I'm gassy
Ever wondered why it’s so noisy when you board the plane? Well, I’m running my auxiliary power unit (APU), which powers the aircraft...

Yusuf Khan-Cheema
Apr 24, 20202 min read
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