As airlines tout the return of corporate travel, nothing signals a full return to the office [Roundup]
News and notes on the interwebs:
- Victims of ALPA’s cronies 1500 hour rule A man rented a house on Airbnb to earn money to become a pilot. The tenant didn’t pay, didn’t move out, and relisted the place on Airbnb.That means the stuck tenant is receiving income from his property, has appointed a pro bono lawyer to defend him, and will be at least four more months away from being evicted. hearing.
- Business travel expense management company Expensify abandons return to office and close the bar. There will be more and more travel in the future, but business travel will change forever. Claims that managed corporate travel revenues are 75% or 85% are disingenuous and they are not adjusted for inflation…
The company bought a legal liquor license for $250,000, installed a proper U-shaped bar that allowed laptops, and hired a full-time concierge/barista/mixologist to staff the bar. And in a theatrical flourish, each working day ended with the sabering of champagne bottles, and champagne bubbles were spread all around for those who wanted to drink champagne.
…His focus when it comes to team building is the travel the company conducts and encourages. Examples include last year’s all-hands trip to Spain and the much-hyped offshore program The Chronicle covered in 2022. Employees can travel together and at their own expense to wherever they choose, just to get their work done.
Barrett made bold statements this week about the general move to repopulate offices, saying that even a free cocktail bar or drinks and cappuccinos delivered to your desk could bring people back in significant ways. He pointed out that it was actually not enough.
- Los Angeles will vote in March to require all hotels with vacant rooms to use them as homeless housing. This is being promoted by the union representing domestic workers, and I am usually very sympathetic to this. I’d like to see a hotel that offers daily cleaning services because they do a tough job.
This is a very bad idea. Because the problem of homelessness is not just about giving people hotel rooms and moving them from hotel to hotel every day (there are other reasons too!). And it seems like it could have a negative impact on hotel employees (also housekeepers).Trade unions supporting this measure You still have the power to withdraw from your ballot..
- Passenger passes through TSA with marijuana hidden in diaper.
- Face-to-face ticket sales were still the norm in the Latin American O/D market.
- One way to get your airline complaints heard is to play music (though statistically speaking, you’re more likely to complain about United Airlines and say you know your bag will arrive on American Airlines). is a little richer).
. @United The airline lost my luggage and United Airlines strikes again!!! pic.twitter.com/U4K0wUkgmw
— Kyle Hollingsworth (@KyleOnKeys) October 27, 2023
- However, to be fair, I don’t think United Airlines actually does a good job of delivering checked baggage in a timely and efficient manner.
Toronto Pearson Airport is currently in an unusual situation. He is a passenger on a United Airlines flight from SFO to YYZ and he has been waiting here for more than two hours to get his baggage because the merry-go-round stopped working and no one answered.@TorontoPearson @United pic.twitter.com/mKoiVhtrHp
— Arash the Archer (@arash_archerr) October 27, 2023
- But Delta isn’t like that. actually Premium, it’s mostly marketing (that was the reality before the pandemic).employee teeth Slightly more friendly and slightly more operational.
@delta I have to talk.tape is crazy pic.twitter.com/6BDnewhAoJ
— Jeffontheboards (@jeffontheboards) October 27, 2023
