The "industry" in this context is not unions lol.
It is airlines and airframe manufacturers, plus all supporting business infrastructure. In other words the people who don't want onerous, heavy-handed, and ill-conceived climate regulations and taxes interfering with their operations and revenue. IATA and A4A are the avatars of the "industry" as we know it.
They have all realized that they are going to have to get their own house in order or someone like AOC is going to do it for them, and they're not going to like that.
For a long time the industry kicked the can in the interest of short-term market performance, while making some green gestures in markets where the public might care a little (ie not DFW).
Public and political sentiment is changing, and they have to react. Especially now that the US will be getting back on the carbon wagon, maybe in spades.
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senecacaptain
who is "the industry" ? CEOs ? Unions?
while this nebulous term is defined, if they don't do anything pro-environment, who holds "the industry" accountable?
nobody. nobody cares. the only thing airlines care about is bodies in seats and making money. Joe Traveler could give 2 sh**ts about if his airplane is carbon free. He wants his $29 ticket.
carbon mandates and green energy have been the talk of politicians worldwide, for years. Put "green energy" up there with "inflation" and "employment numbers" as hot topics. Left and right both:
https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archi...an-energy.html
https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archiv...ing-substances
Props exist because they are economical for the mission planned.