Re:United Airlines will buy 15 planes from Boom Supersonic
by bluGill on Thursday June 03, 2021 @10:39AM
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In my experience zoom meetings work a lot better if you meet the people in person once in a while. Human nature is someone you know in person is more trusted than an image on a screen.
Re:United Airlines will buy 15 planes from Boom Supersonic
by iso1210 on Thursday June 03, 2021 @03:05PM
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So instead of flying trans atlantic every 2 months it's once a year. That's an 80% drop in demand.
Re:United Airlines will buy 15 planes from Boom Supersonic
by jdminhbg on Thursday June 03, 2021 @11:56PM
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Or suddenly you realize you can be effective working over Zoom instead of in person as long as you have those couple meetings a year, so you have new business or employee relationships that only existed locally in NY or London before. That’s an X000% increase in demand.
That's an unsourced opinion based on personal experience. Zoom has become a much more common method of connecting with remote teams. I don't see a compelling reason to travel for non-critical business functions, and if the travel is that business critical then I can probably get my company to pay the expense of a premium ticket.
There are probably 2 travel occasions per year where the business travel is more of a "fun" activity such as conferences etc. I'll still fly coach for those.