+1 thankfully my current employer provides business class to EVERY employee from the newest clerk to the CEO for any 6+ hour flight. High level managers get paid F. Seems very fair and wise to me. We can all tolerate a transcontinental in economy, but few people are productive coming off a 10-20 hour itinerary. We are paid for brainpower and the stakes are high. Some do TPAC and TATL monthly or more, and some of the destinations are not too attractive.

As for leisure travel I am more than happy to blow extra miles to fly C/F on the same schedule. And honestly I'd rather fly my family in F to Cabo or Hawaii than save miles for what - more depreciation? No thanks.