carry on only
Mar 19, 2015, 10:12 pm
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Time is money. You want him to miss his last meeting in the city he was leaving from?
Mar 19, 2015, 10:33 pm
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Sorry. But anyone who has meetings scheduled such that he has a meeting in one city, can barely catch a flight out in time, and then has a meeting scheduled almost immediately when he lands needs to take a Time Management course.
Mar 19, 2015, 11:39 pm
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Mar 20, 2015, 12:37 am
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Mar 20, 2015, 1:11 am
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Mar 20, 2015, 2:14 am
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Mar 20, 2015, 2:43 am
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I spent a lot of time and sweat becoming a 1%er. I'll be dipped if I'm going to act like a backpacker at my age.
Mar 20, 2015, 3:30 am
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Then we can be weird together. I always pay for VIP at arrival in BKK. Includes a golf cart from the gate, someone picks up my checked bags while I sit and point, totes my bags outside to a van that is waiting for me.
I spent a lot of time and sweat becoming a 1%er. I'll be dipped if I'm going to act like a backpacker at my age.
I spent a lot of time and sweat becoming a 1%er. I'll be dipped if I'm going to act like a backpacker at my age.
im so far from 1% its not even funny, but ive spent like a billionaire (not kidding) on little/less travel compared to FTers
Mar 20, 2015, 9:50 am
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Maybe he manages his time just fine. Some people have meetings in 15-20 cities in a week, and get paid a lot. Should they cut the work they do in half in order to schedule according to your prejudices instead of their own best estimates on how to maximize the benefit from their use of their time?
Mar 20, 2015, 10:26 am
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Maybe he manages his time just fine. Some people have meetings in 15-20 cities in a week, and get paid a lot. Should they cut the work they do in half in order to schedule according to your prejudices instead of their own best estimates on how to maximize the benefit from their use of their time?
http://www.nbaa.org/business-aviatio...-fact-book.pdf
majority of the U.S. companies that utilize business aircraft – 85 percent – are small and mid-size businesses
Surveys indicate that more than 70 percent of passengers aboard business airplanes are non-executive employees
60 percent of survey respondents use their aircraft to support efficient schedules
Small companies operate the majority of business aircraft. Most companies (59 percent) operating business aircraft have fewer than 500 employees, and seven in 10 have less than 1,000 employees.
Surveys indicate that more than 70 percent of passengers aboard business airplanes are non-executive employees
60 percent of survey respondents use their aircraft to support efficient schedules
Small companies operate the majority of business aircraft. Most companies (59 percent) operating business aircraft have fewer than 500 employees, and seven in 10 have less than 1,000 employees.
Mar 20, 2015, 4:15 pm
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sethb, there is a point at which general aviation adds value
http://www.nbaa.org/business-aviatio...-fact-book.pdf
http://www.nbaa.org/business-aviatio...-fact-book.pdf
Mar 20, 2015, 7:03 pm
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This is probably the heart of the issue. I think oversized personal items are actually way more common than oversized carry-ons. People treat personal items as a 2nd carry-on when it's not meant to be that. Airline staff are even less inclined to question it because of the nuances and extra effort involved even if there are very specific requirements for them. This has gotten to the point where people are not even coy about it.