Green Statement

From the very beginning back in 1992 Flight Sciences was committed to reducing the quantity of CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions produced by it’s client airlines.

I’m proud of the fact that since 1992 our efforts have resulted in the reduction of CO2 emissions by our client airlinesin excess of 90 million metric tonnes. But to date, this represents only a fraction of what can be saved. And the savings is not only measurable in terms of direct CO2 emissions reduction. In fact, reducing fuel burn is only part of the Carbon Footprint equation.

While my original mission for Flight Sciences International was to teach our client airlines how to use fuel more efficiently our mission today is to move our clients toward a broader, more comprehensive commitment to reducing their organizations total Carbon Footprint. So the process becomes not only an effort to save money, which of course is essential to survival in the short term, but rather an initiative to cause a paradigm shift in corporate culture.

We cannot expect to achieve success in this effort unless we ourselves are committed both at a personal and professional level to the cause of reducing our own Carbon Footprint. This requires education, strategic planning, implementation and thoughtful measurement following the establishment of baseline starting points.

To that end I am committed to working diligently, first within our own team to find all reasonable means for reducing our Carbon Footprint as individuals and as an organization, and secondly to educate and inspire our client airlines to launch their own comprehensive “Green Initiatives.” It’s not just about changing light bulbs, recycling plastic, paper, glass and electronic refuse, or burning less fuel—it’s about taking a Global view and realizing that we as individuals, communities, organizations and nations, must learn to take responsibility for our role in climate change.

Robert Callahan President,
Flight Sciences International