| Availability, Efficiency and Convenience
of satisfying travel needs are the mission requirements of business aviation. This is
quite different from the mission of commercial aviation that is profit driven. The
distinction between these two is critical to understanding and evaluating business
aviation. Deciding how to travel – via the airlines, company or chartered aircraft or
even driving involves many considerations. While several of the benefits of business
aircraft are tangible and measurable, some are challenging to quantify precisely.
Progressive management routinely considers all the costs and realistically values all the
benefits of every travel option before deciding how to go. Consider some of the
following and ask yourself if you have real answers to these questions.
Does how we travel tell us anything about our performance?
Does traveling have an affect on performance and productivity?
Are there any advantages to planning how we travel?
How many times has this happened?
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Three or more passengers
traveled together in business class or first class;
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Unscheduled airline flight
delays or problems caused you to miss important meetings or a large part of a working day
just so you can catch a flight;
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Inconvenient airline flight
schedules required leaving a day early or making you to stay overnight in an hotel to
catch an early morning flight home;
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The ability to work effectively
in a group was essential while in flight;
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The need to travel to multiple
locations within a short time period -- on a road show, for instance.
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Traveling to remote areas where
there is no scheduled service, thus requiring that a significant portion of travel be done
by car.
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Scheduled airline routing
requires you to change aircraft at an airport where delays are frequent or probable.
Analysis is the first logical step in determining a
companies; true transportation needs and what aircraft (in any) will supply the
flexibility and productivity at a cost that is realistic. |
