<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Most "normal" business travellers I know avoid AC when their trip involves crossing an ocean.</font>
Well, most travellers I know both here on FT and in real life have no real complaints about AC's transpac & transat flights both in Y and J class.
As for the "normal" business travellers that you know, I am not really surprised that they are avoiding AC especially with your daily friendly reminder to them that AC is bad with everything.
Do you actually tell them "Friends don't let friends fly AC?" If so, that explains why..