I never said they get a free pass, I said they barely represent anything when looking at air travel as a whole, don't put words in my mouth.

Also, four people in a Chevy Suburban with a big V8 pollute less to travel the same distance compared to doing it in a passenger plane.

There's a whole lot of hypocrisy from people who travel the world and complain about pollution... Or simply, people who moved cross country to continue their education when a similar college/university exists much closer to where their family is, meaning they wouldn't have to take the plane many times every year to travel back home.

Complain about private jets, put the same people in passenger planes instead and the impact will be fuck dick.