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But that trades a lot of unnecessarily wasted energy to move those 4000+ pounds to a faraway place and back, empty, just to work around the parking rules. (See

by jjav 5y ago

But that trades a lot of unnecessarily wasted energy to move those 4000+ pounds to a faraway place and back, empty, just to work around the parking rules. (See parallel thread on "Lufthansa confirmed that 18k flights had been flown empty to keep slots", which feels related.)

alkonaut 5y ago
Compared to constant driving around the block it can’t be much worse? Worst case it drives away and comes back later with no stop. Best case it drives home or to a parking and waits then returns. The former could be worse than cruising constantly (due to potential higher speed) but the latter is better than constant cruising.