Take the money or take the seat?
For all those who say that they cannot function the next day unless they're in J or that they would quit unless they're in J, what would you do if the company offered you the cash of J instead of the seat? That is, if a J ticket is $6000 and the Y ticket is $1500, and the company offered you $6000 to spend how you want (spend all $6k on the seat or pocket $4500 cash for yourself), I bet you'd see a lot more people in the back of the bus.
And I bet they'd show up for their meeting the next day...