Business Class is GARBAGE!
#46
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There's any number of news stories or volunteer experiences you can read about or do if your head's so inflated that a coach seat on an airplane feels like a violation of the Geneva Conventions. That might be the remedy for your problem. It's pretty valuable to keep that sort of perspective.
#47
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No, because I'd feel like an insufferable prat whining about #firstworldproblems when millions of people are suffering through any other number of things that are far more serious than whether or not you're getting Krug and caviar, or merely adequate champagne and a mediocre appetizer at 35,000 feet.
There's any number of news stories or volunteer experiences you can read about or do if your head's so inflated that a coach seat on an airplane feels like a violation of the Geneva Conventions. That might be the remedy for your problem. It's pretty valuable to keep that sort of perspective.
There's any number of news stories or volunteer experiences you can read about or do if your head's so inflated that a coach seat on an airplane feels like a violation of the Geneva Conventions. That might be the remedy for your problem. It's pretty valuable to keep that sort of perspective.
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This prescription might do a lot of people a world of good.
#49
Airplane food, no matter how good, would never be served at a high-end restaurant.
Seats, no matter how lie-flat, would never be used as a bed in a high-end hotel.
If premium IFE was the bees' knees, then nobody would have a TV larger than 24" at home.
Seats, no matter how lie-flat, would never be used as a bed in a high-end hotel.
If premium IFE was the bees' knees, then nobody would have a TV larger than 24" at home.
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If airline travel was not preferable, no one would take an 8 hour air conditioned flight in Y over a 30 day ride in a non air conditioned sailing ship, complete with scurvy, to get from New York to Europe. You all feel free to remain in 1714. I’ll take the jet.
#52
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Sure, 12 hours in economy might not kill you. I did it when I was younger. But if the point of the trip is to meet some business objective, and doing so will make it harder for you to achieve that objective, then you should perhaps reconsider whether that is the best choice.
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Sure, 12 hours in economy might not kill you. I did it when I was younger. But if the point of the trip is to meet some business objective, and doing so will make it harder for you to achieve that objective, then you should perhaps reconsider whether that is the best choice.
You should perhaps reconsider whether that line of work is the best choice.
#54
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Why, when it is simpler to manage the flying and travel so my back feels fine? Or just to be better rested to give a more coherent presentation a few hours after landing? I don't need to prove that I am tough enough to sit in a chair for 12 hours and give a presentation on no sleep for 24.
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Flying doesn't physically hurt me. But flying in Coach for 10-15 hours does. So I pay for business. No need to change my line of work.