On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 22:09:27 GMT, (Ben Jackson) wrote:

In article ,
Chad Munroe wrote:

I'm in the process of taking flying lessons and working toward my
license. Does anyone in this NG fly their private plane for a
business commute?

The company I work for specifically prohibits piloting aircraft on
company business. I got the notification a corporate-wide email a
few months after I got my ppl. Made me wonder how many people at
the company it was relevant to. Too bad.

This is becuase of the liability issue. If you're flying on company
business and crash, a smart lawyer could go after your employer for
big bucks. Corporate insurance to cover this kind of liability is
expensive. You need to have a really 'high value' to the company and
a high justification for the use of the aircraft to make it worthwhile
for them to pay for it.

Company I retired from had a couple of top salesguys in the western
plains that covered a lot of territory and could justify it. I was lucky
enough to slip in under a blanket policy and fly some trips around the
state. Eventually they retired and the company dropped the policy at
which point my biz flying ended.

Was fun while it lasted. Paid for a lot of PIC hours needed for my
Instrument Rating :-).

/tink