Brize to Falklands
" also understand that their Star-ships are flying premium economy and World Traveller Plus instead of Club. What a joke. The senior executives of the military flying in economy because of penny pinching. "
I'll bite, having just done the trooper to Dulles in Premium Economy, I have no complaints. Cost is negligible, circa £500 to go that class, whilst to travel business would have cost in the region of £4500 for the same flight (and I got an upgrade to business anyway due to a virgin c*ck up).
P/E is perfectly comfortable to get you to your destination, provided you're not working on the same day. I understand that if the meeting is the same day then you can fly business.
What would you rather have - plenty of blunties flying business, thus reducing resources or saving money on T&S and putting it into the front line? Silly me, I thought we were in the business of going to war, not whining if we can't sit at the front.
Also spare a thought for the US, apparently ALL officers including VSO's fly in economy, regardless of destination.
I'll bite, having just done the trooper to Dulles in Premium Economy, I have no complaints. Cost is negligible, circa £500 to go that class, whilst to travel business would have cost in the region of £4500 for the same flight (and I got an upgrade to business anyway due to a virgin c*ck up).
P/E is perfectly comfortable to get you to your destination, provided you're not working on the same day. I understand that if the meeting is the same day then you can fly business.
What would you rather have - plenty of blunties flying business, thus reducing resources or saving money on T&S and putting it into the front line? Silly me, I thought we were in the business of going to war, not whining if we can't sit at the front.
Also spare a thought for the US, apparently ALL officers including VSO's fly in economy, regardless of destination.
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Obtain letter to Budget Holders, read first line... May I also suggest you check your Budget Manager is looking carefully at the operational exceptions in the detailed guidance and, if you think anything similar applies outside the AT world, why not ask for it through the Boss?
