BA's unique VIP Airbus heir to Concorde set to be retired
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BA's unique VIP Airbus heir to Concorde set to be retired
From NorthWalesLive https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/nor...-heir-18703273
An A318 which flew from London City to JFK flight number BA1 - same as Concorde.
An A318 which flew from London City to JFK flight number BA1 - same as Concorde.
That's a good point, but it would seem that the financial industry is heading towards a leaner more focused way of operating. Yes, face to face meetings will occur, but perhaps only on a reduced scale that will not be enough to warrant transatlantic business/first flights on the scale witnessed over the last 30 years.
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Advocates of video conferencing do not appear to understand time-zones.
Video conferencing is fine for one-to-one meetings, when you are in (approx) the same time-zones.
But the window for UK to Japan, UK to Australia or even UK to West Coast US are narrow...
Now, try and schedule a three way meeting with participants in California (GMT-7), London (GMT+1) and Tokyo (GMT+9). I'm having to cope with 5am and 10pm meetings Often in the same day, and on back-to-back days. Frankly it is messing with the last vestiges of my sanity!
Also, it is not really viable to be on an online meeting for more than a couple of hours, and multiway conversations are not practical.
Sure, Zoom/WebEx/Teams/Skype have a place, but face-to-face is more effective.
Video conferencing is fine for one-to-one meetings, when you are in (approx) the same time-zones.
But the window for UK to Japan, UK to Australia or even UK to West Coast US are narrow...
Now, try and schedule a three way meeting with participants in California (GMT-7), London (GMT+1) and Tokyo (GMT+9). I'm having to cope with 5am and 10pm meetings Often in the same day, and on back-to-back days. Frankly it is messing with the last vestiges of my sanity!
Also, it is not really viable to be on an online meeting for more than a couple of hours, and multiway conversations are not practical.
Sure, Zoom/WebEx/Teams/Skype have a place, but face-to-face is more effective.