Fly and Be Damned

What Now for Aviation and Climate Change?

Peter McManners

Fly and be Damned gets underneath the well-known facts about the unsustainable nature of the aviation industry and argues for fundamental change to our traveling habits. The first book to transcend the emotional debate between the entrenched positions of those who are either for, or against, flying, this groundbreaking work argues that aviation is stuck in a stalemate between misguided policy and a growing imperative to deal with its environmental impact and that there is now little possibility that the transition to sustainable flying can be a smooth evolution.

Contents

Preface
Introduction
Part 1 Fly and be Damned
1.Addicted to Flying
2.Climate Change
3.Projected Expansion of Capacity
Part 2 Aviation Today
4.Living the Dream
5.Progress Out of Crisis
6.The Chicago Convention
7.Globalization and Aviation
8.The Low-Cost Revolution
9.Breaking the Mould
10.Too Little, Too Late
Part 3 The Future of Aviation
11.Green Air Vehicles
12.The Third Golden Age
13.Unleash the Entrepreneurs
14.Short Haul to Trains
15. Global Aviation Policy Framework
Conclusion

About the Author

Peter McManners works as an author, consultant and Visiting Fellow of Henley Business School, Reading University. He is a member of the Institute for Green Economics and has published extensively on business and environment.