Reply #14: You apparently haven't had to do any corporate travel... [View All]

[bdab1973]

They don't just sit around and talk all day...

Many businesses use their aircraft for mid-level execs to travel for a variety of reasons, not just sit in a board room and chit chat. Site visits, presentations, surveys, audits, you name it. Many of those things you HAVE to be there in person. And in many parts of the world, personal interfacing means the world to many cultures. If you're the only corporation that throws it's name in the hat with a phone call, and everyone else came by to shake hands and actually pitch their sale in person, you lose, and you won't be in business long.

Please tell me that you're not so naive to believe that NO ONE in the Citigroup corporation has any travel needs?