Originally Posted by
Science Goy
...from what I've read in this thread, the underlying justification for J tickets is primarily "the other guys do it." Company A offers it as a perk, because it's standard industry practice and if they didn't then Company B would have an additional enticement by which to poach A's best people. Fine, companies compete for top employees, I'll give you that. However, the "well-rested"/"can't do my job without J/F" arguments are in my opinion poorly-justified. Motivated people tend to pull through in difficult situations, and if all companies hypothetically decided to stop booking premium cabins, I doubt we'd see much difference in productivity.
OK, this is my last post on this; we're obviously talking past one another, and if you want the last word after this, I'll give it to you.
I gave you an expample from my own experience as to why I felt J was justified in certain situations - and was mocked and dismissed.
And the YYC-FRA-TXL trip isn't even the worst flight I may be asked to take for business in the upcoming year: YYC-FRA-RUH-MCT or YYC-YVR-NRT-SIN-CGK are currently in the planning stages, depending on the success of our bids.
Now, you're perfectly at liberty to say "Suck it up, princess, you ought to fly in Y and save your clients a few thousand bucks", but as I said earlier, I'm glad you're not setting policy for my company.
TB-ES