How do you get to meetings

[RJM2096]

Do you have to go to meetings related to work where transportation is required.

The big three automakers fly to meetings aboard corporate jets.

Our governor flys down from Chicago to Springfield using goverment jets and helicoptors.

I ride my motorcycle or drive my pickup.

I just realized I am at the bottom of the ladder or the food chain.

[tessler]

Do you have to go to meetings related to work where transportation is required.

The big three automakers fly to meetings aboard corporate jets.

Our governor flys down from Chicago to Springfield using goverment jets and helicoptors.

I ride my motorcycle or drive my pickup.

I just realized I am at the bottom of the ladder or the food chain.
I take the Subway or a Taxi.

Or I walk. Nothing like a little New York City exercise :thumb

[Voni]

<SNIP>

I ride my motorcycle or drive my pickup.

I just realized I am at the bottom of the ladder or the food chain.

Sounds to me like you're at the TOP!

Voni
who doesn't have to go to meetings any more :brad

[Mika]

With the exception of heavy rail I think I have used every other form of transport to a meeting. In my airhead days I had a job that had me traveling a five state area. I spent the better part of one summer with the company car in my driveway and me riding the circuit on my R100.
:D

While the CEOs flying corporate jets to Washington is great fodder for the Letterman and Lenos of the world what bothers me, as with so many meetings I have attended in my life, is why it had to held at all.
:doh

[crazydrummerdude]

I don't have meetings for work.

I ride my mountain bike to meetings at school.

[jdmetzger]

I don't see the corporate jet thing as being a huge issue like they are making it out to be. While I think some of those CEO's are VERY overpaid (except Ford's, who cut his own pay this year to $1), there is a huge time benefit in having them travel outside of the commercial flight system. Do you think it's a good idea to risk them being late to a meeting? Is it worth them sitting in the airport for an hour before their flight when they could be working?

It's also likely they didn't travel to Washington alone - there might be lawyers and other execs going with them, so that $20000 isn't for just one person. Finally, how much warning did they have before flying to Washington? How much would a last-minute ticket cost?

Also important: I wonder how many of those senators travel by private jet?

Oh, and I travel to meetings by cage or bike usually, although I've flown commercial a time or two.

[RJM2096]

While the CEOs flying corporate jets to Washington is great fodder for the Letterman and Lenos of the world what bothers me, as with so many meetings I have attended in my life, is why it had to held at all.
:doh

You are so right, maybe I should have asked how many of us have attended worthless meetings designed to stoke the leaders ego or absolve any responsibility for a silly managment decision.

[The_Veg]

How often does the event really and truly require in-person presence? In most cases all that happens is you sit around and talk. I'm surprised that in-person meetings have lasted as long as they have.

[Brettendress]

I am lucky to have to travel to Charlotte NC a lot from Altoona Pa for meetings and April through October I use the GS. I get to travel and camp at Deals Gap, all through West Virginia, Willville MC campground. I love this method and you can't believe how many people think I'm crazy when I show up on a BMW after 500 or more miles and tell them I left this morning. I will never use the pathfinder for these meetings, if the weather is to obad I make up a lame excuse and blow off the meetings, they might catch on someday but I can't get in trouble because meetings are not mandatory.

Brett Endress
Altoona pa

[108625]

John Cusack (Martin Blank) to Dan Ackroyd (Mr Grocer) in "Grosse Point Blank", while shooting it out over Dan trying to unionize hit men:

Martin: "Will there be meetings?"
Mr Grocer: "Of course"
Martin: "I hate meetings!"

The best part of retiring from the Air Force was no more d@mn meetings. Or slides.

[rinty]

I think the auto CEO's pulled a p.r. boner on taking private jets to Washington. That was one time they should have flown economy. I'm surprised that nobody in their respective organizations thought of it; or if they did, that their advice wasn't accepted.

[OHScot]

In hindsight (very clear) they should have driven their best gas mileage hybrid. :laugh

[Newstar]

In an effort to save money, our meetings have all been moved to Ocean City, MD rather than rotating between the Eastern Shore of MD, Dover, and Wilmington, DE. For 2/3 of us, it means a long drive there and back with no hotel stay. We carpool.

[dancogan]

How often does the event really and truly require in-person presence? In most cases all that happens is you sit around and talk. I'm surprised that in-person meetings have lasted as long as they have.
:thumb That hits one nail on the head!

[adamceckhardt]

Maybe the Oil Exc's should have rented a Honda and car pooled ?

honda doesn't sell their vehicles to rental fleets.

But they probably could have bought a Civic for less than it cost to fly a single jet. :D

[BubbaZanetti]

i usually take the elevator.

[PAGoldsby]

I rode from KC to Fremont, NE yesterday for a meeting today, and rode back this afternoon. It was cold, windy and wonderful.