%0 Thesis
%9 Bachelor
%A Timmerman, G.
%D 2022
%F theses_frw:3965
%P 28
%T The origins and consequences of flight shame in the Netherlands
%U https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3965/
%X Flight shame is a relatively new concept in the academic field, only existing since 2016. In recent  research, flight shame was named the biggest threat to aviation. However, studies on flight shame  have focussed on Scandinavia and Germany, leaving the Netherlands unresearched. Therefore, this  thesis focuses the question: To what extent do Dutch people feel ashamed of flying and how do these  feelings of flight shame arise and alter flying habits? To answer this question, a quantitative research  using a survey was conducted. In order to answer the main research question, a regression was  conducted in order to establish the origins of flight shame. It was established that people who felt  more aware of the effects of aviation on the environment, were also more likely to establish more  prominent feelings of flight shame. In addition, individual’s reasons for feeling or not feeling flight  shame were investigated. It was found that the vast majority of respondents justified not feeling  flight shame because they saw flying as necessary, another prominent result was that individuals  rarely made use of airplanes and this made them not feel flight shame. Lastly, this research looked  into the flying habits of Dutch people and whether or not people that experienced flight shame,  changed their flying habits as a result. It was found that a majority, 34%, of people that did  experience flight shame did not change their flying habits versus 21% of people that did change their  flying habits as a result of flight shame. In conclusion: Feelings of flight shame in Dutch people are  likely to arise when an individual is more aware of the effects flying has on the environment, but  feelings of flight shame do not always cause an individual to change their flying habits.