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From: bob@ulose.UUCP ( Bob B )
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Subject: Re: Re: Employee flying on company business
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Date: Fri, 31-May-85 15:30:55 EDT
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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 :-)

Restricting an employee's mode of transport does not generate a good
atmosphere. Generally, if someone is a pilot they would be more likely
to kill themselves while flying for their own enjoyment rather than on
company business - most private pilots fly whenever possible and for
any excuse ...

In any case, there is more risk to an employee driving somewhere on
business than flying themselves somewhere if you look at the accident
statistics (note, this is particularly true for those of us working
around the MA area). I have quite frequently flown in to Boston/Logan
for meetings in the city and in Cambridge. It has saved enormously on
time and risk in traffic.

Of course, if I were going from MA to CA, I would do so by airline
simply because even with the delays they usually have, they still get
there sooner than my <200 hp single engine machine would. 

I have done some investigation on employer's attitude to general
aviation. Some are real "stick in the muds" about it, while others
adopt a better outlook. My last company (Digital - Un*x Engineering),
had a very reasonable policy - you could use general aviation, provided,
as pilot in command you satisfied a certain number of hours logged in
type/class and, for trips over 2 hours, had an instrument rating. Given
this, DEC would even re-imburse reasonable fuel/oil expenses.

At my current company (CADMUS), we have no restrictions - just that we
can't claim more than the equiv. airfare or mileage expenses.

      See you in the air,
      Bob  (decvax!ulose!bob)