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From: cfiaime@ihnp4.UUCP (Jeff Williams)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Employee flying on company business
Message-ID: <787@ihnp4.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 31-May-85 17:24:28 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 31 17:24:28 1985
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> > Personally, if I owned a company, I would not permit private flying
> > on company business.  If the company is going to pay to send you
> > somewhere, there must be some important reason.  Airlines are far more
> > a "sure" thing in getting you there on time.  And far more reliable in
> > terms of returning a valued employee alive and well and ready to
> > continue his vital role in the company.  (If I owned a company, I
> > wouldn't hire anyone I didn't consider to be valuable :-)

Opinion here, but I think valid.  
If the pilot is current on instruments, in an instrument
equipped airplane, let him/her use the airplane.  As a pilot, show
a logbook entry for a six month instrument competency check, and 
show participation in the FAA Pilot Proficiency Program.  Sure, it is
a burden on the employee, but if you want to fly on business, meet
the currency requirements for a FAR 135 pilot-in-command.

> If I owned a company, I would take the view that an employee
> who wishes to get from point A to point B for business purposes
> can go whichever way is most convenient, with the understanding that
> the risk for all forms of travel is on the employee.  This is similar
> to the arrangement that currently exists at AT&T Bell Laboratories
> for people who want to use their own cars for business travel: the
> employee is reimbursed for mileage, and is expected to accept the
> risk, and carry insurance against, anything that might happen enroute.
> If your car gets totaled on the way to a meeting, that is your problem.
> (unfortunately, they do not make the logical extension of this
> sensible attitude to private airplanes, but that's a different story)
> 
> The airlines are not always a "sure" thing -- sometimes they don't
> fly where you want to go, and some people don't want to do business
> with them.

As for travel with the Labs, if I can arrange vacation around a trip,
I will fly myself on my own time.  I strongly dislike flying on an
air carrier.

				Jeff Williams
				AT&T Bell Laboratories
				ihnp4!cfiaime