Originally Posted by
Raptor
...We took away the best traveling deal the FDAs had. We gave up international hotel in lieu of deadhead and changed it to intercontinental hotel in lieu of deadhead.....
Absolutely true Raptor.
Again, some mid-to-senior guys with certain city pairs, who literally lived on the road, were getting an additional $18k/year on tax-free HILO/perdiem-only to pay for Tavel expenses. It was a phenomenal deal, also built for commuters' QOL.
FWIW, my apologies for discussing actual numbers in an anonymous public forum, I feel it's in bad form. Although it seems this information is pretty much public for the most part...