Originally Posted by catocony
I don't know of any heavy business travelers who get paid by the hour, so it's a moot point to most. If it takes me three hours door to door or eight hours, I get paid the same, so any delay or additional time requirements takes away from personal time.
I agree that most business travellers are not paid by the hour. I too, get paid the same for a 3 hour trip or an 8 hour trip.
But, assuming your work day is 8-5 and you leave your house at 7AM to get to the airport (pre 8/10) you are investing 1 hour of your personal time. If you now have to leave at 6AM to get to the airport at 8AM you lost an additional hour of personal time.
it seems that quite a few of us are now choosing to take a 10AM flight to deal with the TSA delays on corporate time, rather than personal time, so it does matter what time you fly, at least on the outbound, as the return was always on corporate time