Originally Posted by zombietooth

This is a non-event with the companies/academics that I deal with in Japan.

And with the academic community, I know from experience that the only thing that matters is price. Even senior professors/department heads don't get to fly business class on the public's dime. That is why United gets so much of the university business in Japan.

Of course, in Japan, there would be zero understanding for someone defying an order from the police.