Why doesn't UPS have Corp Flight Dept?
06-12-2007, 10:39 AM
#24
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Originally Posted by Airbum
At least two union pilots have spent a month or so on suspension without pay for restricting jumpseat requests.
He paid a pretty stiff price for making his point...
06-12-2007, 11:20 AM
#25
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Why have a Corp flight department, when we can send our executives anywhere overnight on FedEx.
Cheaper too, if you use the airline discount !
ps, Lippy, is that a picture of Rosie O'Donnell ??? Some people look like hell after excercising.
Cheaper too, if you use the airline discount !
ps, Lippy, is that a picture of Rosie O'Donnell ??? Some people look like hell after excercising.
06-12-2007, 09:27 PM
#26
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Originally Posted by FlyerJosh
I disagree. I don't know exactly what the CEO or other upper end managers make at UPS, but time is money and productivity. I think I saw that he made somewhere around 6.5 million with salary and bonuses.
Let's assume that at the CEO needs to be in Providence, RI for whatever reason. There's no immediate UPS flight that will get him there (if there even is one at all). To get there he has to connect through a hub. So off he goes on United to IAD.
He has to leave his office to arrive at the airport at least 1 hour prior to his departure. Then sits around waiting for his flight. He can't necessarily conduct business from the airport- it's not exactly an environment you want your CEO discussing important (and proprietary) info over the phone.
He then boards his flight for the 1:25 hour flight to IAD. Land there, sit around for 45 minutes before connecting to another flight to PVD. Another 1:15 and he's now in PVD. Total time from office to airport in PVD? 4:45.
Comparatively, an executive working for a company with a corporate flight department has to make the same trip. Even with a last minute call I guarantee you it travel time will be less than 4:45:
Office to airport: 30 minutes
Boarding: Immediate - 5 minutes
Flight to PVD: 2:00
Total travel time: 2:35.
Difference: 2:10 minutes.
CEO Salary: $6.5 million (or $2193/hour, calculated on 6 day work week and 9.5 hrs a day)
Productivity savings alone: $4751.50
Time is just one reason to have a business jet. After flying one for a living I can see many other additional reasons for executives (and well off individuals) to travel by one. There's obviously enough reasons out there to justify them (as evidence by the number of large and midsize companies that operate corporate aircraft).
Let's assume that at the CEO needs to be in Providence, RI for whatever reason. There's no immediate UPS flight that will get him there (if there even is one at all). To get there he has to connect through a hub. So off he goes on United to IAD.
He has to leave his office to arrive at the airport at least 1 hour prior to his departure. Then sits around waiting for his flight. He can't necessarily conduct business from the airport- it's not exactly an environment you want your CEO discussing important (and proprietary) info over the phone.
He then boards his flight for the 1:25 hour flight to IAD. Land there, sit around for 45 minutes before connecting to another flight to PVD. Another 1:15 and he's now in PVD. Total time from office to airport in PVD? 4:45.
Comparatively, an executive working for a company with a corporate flight department has to make the same trip. Even with a last minute call I guarantee you it travel time will be less than 4:45:
Office to airport: 30 minutes
Boarding: Immediate - 5 minutes
Flight to PVD: 2:00
Total travel time: 2:35.
Difference: 2:10 minutes.
CEO Salary: $6.5 million (or $2193/hour, calculated on 6 day work week and 9.5 hrs a day)
Productivity savings alone: $4751.50
Time is just one reason to have a business jet. After flying one for a living I can see many other additional reasons for executives (and well off individuals) to travel by one. There's obviously enough reasons out there to justify them (as evidence by the number of large and midsize companies that operate corporate aircraft).
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06-14-2007, 06:42 AM
#30
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Originally Posted by cessnapilot
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