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I bet the snacks and legroom aren’t much better on the commercial options… but this seems pretty wasteful regardless. Let intel staff take commercial and let th

I bet the snacks and legroom aren’t much better on the commercial options… but this seems pretty wasteful regardless. Let intel staff take commercial and let the commercial airlines improve the service on these routes for everybody else

pleb_nz 4y ago
Or do a digital meeting and do something good for the environment
toast0 4y ago
Can't read the article, but was the company shuttle flying out of general aviation? The time saved by avoiding commercial flight screening processes was probably substantial. An MSN article [1] shows they flew out of Hillsboro airport, which doesn't have commercial scheduled passenger flight operations as far as I can tell, and is also much closer to the Intel office. So a lot of potential time and hassle savings. [1] https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/intel-grounds-employee-air-shuttle-to-save-costs/ar-AA19gNsW https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/intel-grounds-employee...
- robk 4y ago
  Yes exactly GA
refurb 4y ago
I've flown on my company's corporate shuttle and the experience was way better than commercial. It flew out of a small airport used only for corporate and private planes: - register for the flight online on company website - free parking at airport, about a 5 min walk to the small terminal - show up 15 min before take off, only showing your employee ID - no security check for baggage - walk out a door right onto the plane that was 20 ft away - not a busy airport, so it was pretty much close door, taxi to runway, take off in 5 min - way better snacks and drinks; legroom was the same as a commuter aircraft, but you could just sit where ever you wanted, no assigned seats - stops were about 10 min (the shuttle ran a route of 4 cities with major operations) - taxi plane to terminal, throw the trash bags off, let a few passengers get off, a couple get on, close the door, taxi and take off It was cheaper for the company to operate this service than play commercial rates because the plane was usually >75% full most flights
- adastra22 4y ago
  This is how Area 51 works, for example. There is a commuter flight that leaves from a smaller general aviation field in Las Vegas, and goes back and forth between the Air Force base multiple times per day. Civilians working on the site live in the city, and yet can be at work way upstate in the desert in less than an hour door-to-door. It’s a good system and not too expensive to operate.

pleb_nz 4y ago

Or do a digital meeting and do something good for the environment

toast0 4y ago

Can't read the article, but was the company shuttle flying out of general aviation? The time saved by avoiding commercial flight screening processes was probably substantial. An MSN article [1] shows they flew out of Hillsboro airport, which doesn't have commercial scheduled passenger flight operations as far as I can tell, and is also much closer to the Intel office. So a lot of potential time and hassle savings. [1] https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/intel-grounds-employee-air-shuttle-to-save-costs/ar-AA19gNsW https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/intel-grounds-employee...

robk 4y ago
Yes exactly GA

refurb 4y ago

I've flown on my company's corporate shuttle and the experience was way better than commercial. It flew out of a small airport used only for corporate and private planes: - register for the flight online on company website - free parking at airport, about a 5 min walk to the small terminal - show up 15 min before take off, only showing your employee ID - no security check for baggage - walk out a door right onto the plane that was 20 ft away - not a busy airport, so it was pretty much close door, taxi to runway, take off in 5 min - way better snacks and drinks; legroom was the same as a commuter aircraft, but you could just sit where ever you wanted, no assigned seats - stops were about 10 min (the shuttle ran a route of 4 cities with major operations) - taxi plane to terminal, throw the trash bags off, let a few passengers get off, a couple get on, close the door, taxi and take off It was cheaper for the company to operate this service than play commercial rates because the plane was usually >75% full most flights

adastra22 4y ago
This is how Area 51 works, for example. There is a commuter flight that leaves from a smaller general aviation field in Las Vegas, and goes back and forth between the Air Force base multiple times per day. Civilians working on the site live in the city, and yet can be at work way upstate in the desert in less than an hour door-to-door. It’s a good system and not too expensive to operate.