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The silly season has not yet quite begun (or given that we are into AGM season, perhaps it has), but we feel a need for a little light relief from all the usual problems of the aviation industry.
As you may be aware, the industry loves an acronym. Our personal favourites include the gloriously cheerful FABs (Functional Airspace Blocks) and GLADs (Global Aviation Dialogues). Or how about SARPs (Standards And Recommended Practices), which frankly suggests a doctor’s appointment is needed.
No new aviation initiative would be complete without its own abbreviation. Yes, the question on everyone’s lips is: what will ICAO’s Global Market Based Mechanism (GMBM) be called?
Suggestions so far have included International Aviation Global Offsetting (IAGOF), Carbon Offsetting Scheme for International Aviation (COSIA) and Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Civil Aviation (CORSICA). The current favourite seems to be COSIA.
We think they can do better than that. So, here are some suggestions:
Carbon Offsetting by Air Lines (COAL)
aeroNautical OffseTting ProgrAm for Reducing the Impact of its emiSsions (NOT PARIS)
Aviation Reduction Scheme for Emissions (we’ll leave you to work that one out yourself…)
or how about embracing the recent trend for using numbers in place of words and naming it Airlines for Offsetting Carbon (A4OCO2)
Think you can do better? Add your suggestions below. No prize is available, but maximum kudos points will be awarded to the best suggestion.
