"John Harper" wrote in message news:1061514219.442569@sj-nntpcache-3...

"Bob Gardner" wrote in message
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Sounds perfectly reasonable to me. Probably driven by the University's
insurance carrier.

Many institutions/companys flat out forbid travel by non-commercial air.

What does that mean? Does it mean they fire you if you fly yourself to
a business meeting, or just that they won't reimburse for it?

It means that they don't authorize it and may take some sanction against you
if you do. They are at risk, just as they are if you walk or drive on company
business. I had it out with my former companies managment over issues with
car insurance. Again, it had nothing to do with real risk and or legal liability
issues but some putz's idea of how he could insert the company in the personal
business of their employees (told him it was none of his freaking business about
what insurance I carried on my car, if I was travelling on business they'd better
insure the company interests).