The dynamics of decision making revealed in this thread are fascinating.
Health and Safety, Personal Safety, Family, personal choices, use of money, too many cheerless beancounters, and so on.
The one that intrigues me most is the one about always travelling in Company time. So the Co loses Monday and Friday, (say) due to their travel rules. That's 40% of time in that week, and perhaps 20% of time overall. I have never worked for a Co that could afford that!