@jerejj
What does avoiding crows or delays have to do with sustainability?
It has benefits, sure, for the comfort of the 1 person using the aircraft for travel.
Instead of there being dozens or hundreds of passengers using an aircraft.

"…stop caring about such trivialities…"

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And, just to clarify:
I wrote "He's not wrong though".
I was referring to Verstappen, i.e. "Verstappen is not wrong in what he is saying".

He's not wrong though.

Oooh, a whataboutism!

Your edit made me chuckle

I promise you people likes Lewis still travel just as much if not more on private jets than he did when owned one himself. He only sold it for the PR optics & now never posts him on jets despite travelling everywhere on one. Only time he never flies commercial is to Australia which he flew commercial even when he had a jet. Even Seb Vettell literally used a jet in every year of his 15+ year career bar the very last 1/2 where he was vocal. I respect Max for owning a ajet despite the bad PR cause truth is he uses it less than many others on the grid for a guy who just stays at home

AlanD Are all the others travelling on commercial flights, though, or always that way, as one would think they'd resort to that quicker & more convenient option at least in Europe with relatively short air travel distances.

@user576 Using a private jet rather than commercial flights has certain benefits such as avoiding crowds, delays, etc.

Jim, I think the point is that Max and Alonso both still have luxury private jets with a big carbon footprint, whereas the other drivers are travelling on scheduled flights which might still not be great for sustainability, but they do at least have some environmental economy of scale.

Also, I think Max saying it doesn't fit well with a sustainable agenda is a red herring. It wouldn't matter if the races were back to back or a month apart, if teams are still going to do the same amount of flying. I believe the FIA has already recognised that shortcoming and is rearranging the schedule in future years to have more regional grouping on the calendar.

How else are they meant to get around?

Until there are realistic alternatives available, there's nobody to point the finger at.

I definitely think for the future – of course for next year it’s not possible – but it’s a little bit odd that we are on the other side of the world basically before getting here. Especially when you’re talking about sustainability.

“It’s probably not very sustainable, not only for the emissions

Did you read the article?

+1

Good on him. There are far too many bum-kissers on the grid already. Let's have some honesty.