In some cases for equipment a normal plane would probably be over capacity, even your average band travels with a load of equipment. And they want to make sure it arrives there safely.
But I’m glad the article actually pointed out private planes because I absolutely hate those people that tell us to “stop flying”. The plane will be taking off whether I’m in it or not, and airlines have showed they will not reduce the frequency of their flights anyway.
A modern band tour almost certainly requires trucks for the equipment. If you are touring overseas, you typically will rent most of the heavy stuff in the country you are traveling to. The bands core equipment like guitars and drums and shit can definitely be checked on commercial flights.
I 100% agree with you that private planes are a huge issue, and totally separate from public airline travel. We’d also probably agree that government subsidy of airlines is a problem with a political rather than civic solution (tax cuts, bailouts, public spending on airports). On the personal, if you don’t believe your plane ticket has any direct economic impact on the airline, and the future of the route you’re flying then sure, it’s debatable, who knows? Probably not even airline execs. But another, better reason to not fly is cultural: this deeply unsustainable activity is currently completely socially normalised, and denormalising it seems like a critical part of the solution to me.
In some cases for equipment a normal plane would probably be over capacity, even your average band travels with a load of equipment. And they want to make sure it arrives there safely.
But I’m glad the article actually pointed out private planes because I absolutely hate those people that tell us to “stop flying”. The plane will be taking off whether I’m in it or not, and airlines have showed they will not reduce the frequency of their flights anyway.
A modern band tour almost certainly requires trucks for the equipment. If you are touring overseas, you typically will rent most of the heavy stuff in the country you are traveling to. The bands core equipment like guitars and drums and shit can definitely be checked on commercial flights.
I 100% agree with you that private planes are a huge issue, and totally separate from public airline travel. We’d also probably agree that government subsidy of airlines is a problem with a political rather than civic solution (tax cuts, bailouts, public spending on airports). On the personal, if you don’t believe your plane ticket has any direct economic impact on the airline, and the future of the route you’re flying then sure, it’s debatable, who knows? Probably not even airline execs. But another, better reason to not fly is cultural: this deeply unsustainable activity is currently completely socially normalised, and denormalising it seems like a critical part of the solution to me.