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In response to "Being Company Policy doesn't make it any less wasteful -- nm" by The Calico Cat Coalition

But is it not also wasteful to have the CEO stuck in some podunk town waiting for some stupid airline to release tickets?

Posted by Justification Squad (aka grayman) Nov 19 '08, 14:17

private jets are of the utmost importance to top-level management! Without them, all of the execs time would be spent waiting in airport lounges, rather than working!

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Detroit? "podunk"? It cost $20,000 for the GM exec to fly from Detroit to DC...coach fare at the same time $300 - The Calico Cat Coalition Nov 19, 14:23 1
- Perhaps you didn't catch the sarcasm value of that post. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 14:24
What with today's telecommuting ability, I'd think that the need for business travel for non-hands-on work is relatively low. - musubi Nov 19, 14:22 13
- And as a CEO...there isn't much "hands on" work. -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Nov 19, 14:24 9
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    - Noone said it has no value. Noone here at least. Just that those goals can still be accomplished through commercial travel. - musubi Nov 19, 14:39 1
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  - That's my point. (nm) - musubi Nov 19, 14:31
  - If I were a stockholder, I would want my CEO to visit all the factories and some showrooms every year. - psilotum Nov 19, 14:25 4
    - So would I, but I'd also not want him to not be wasteful. - musubi Nov 19, 14:33
    - ... and would you want him to do that at an expensive of $20,000 per trip, just for the flight? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 14:28 2
      - Depends on how much I'm paying them per day. -- nm - psilotum Nov 19, 14:32 1
        
        In the age of the iPhone, you think it really matters *where* they are when they do business? :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 14:32
- The corporate jet also means they don't have to schedule their day to the airlines. And if something changes, the jet is still there. -- nm - VMan Nov 19, 14:24 1
  - You think a CEO won't be able to buy a ticket? Even if it costs and extra couple hundred to change a ticket it's still an order of magnitude cheaper. - musubi Nov 19, 14:30
- Exactly. It's only important for dinosaurs and douchebags. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 19, 14:23

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