Yes, it’s a question of expected utilities. But if you take the saying literally, someone who has taken ten flights in their life should have taken a >10% chance of missing each flight. At that rate the consequences of missing a flight weigh heavily in the expected utility.
An alternative saying: if you’ve ever missed a flight, you’re spending too much time in airports, either because your carbon emissions are too high, or because you are taking an excessive risk of missing a flight, or both.
(or you’re a pilot, or you were unlucky, or …)
Yes, it’s a question of expected utilities. But if you take the saying literally, someone who has taken ten flights in their life should have taken a >10% chance of missing each flight. At that rate the consequences of missing a flight weigh heavily in the expected utility.
An alternative saying: if you’ve ever missed a flight, you’re spending too much time in airports, either because your carbon emissions are too high, or because you are taking an excessive risk of missing a flight, or both. (or you’re a pilot, or you were unlucky, or …)