Obama shaking down airlines now.

[Ricter]

Quote from Max E. Pad:

edit: nevermind it was on another thread.... i got confused, it was the post about christie playing world of war craft.

If he does play I bet he's hell on the Chinese Gold Farmers Union!

 

[Lucrum]

Quote from Ricter:

Actually, in your sector it's the internet that's decreasing demand.

Not really, although there were predictions that it would. High costs and a weak economy make it difficult for all but the most profitable companies and seriously wealthy individuals to utilize "my" sector.

 

[Ricter]

Quote from Lucrum:

Not really, although there were predictions that it would. High costs and a weak economy make it difficult for all but the most profitable companies and seriously wealthy individuals to utilize "my" sector.

Excellent, you serve the creme de la creme.

 

[Max E.]

Why would the internet effect demand for airlines? I could see how it would get people into a plane more efficiently with all those last minute deals there would be less wasted seats, so less flights needed. But i dont understand how it would have effected consumer demand for flying.

Quote from Lucrum:

Not really, although there were predictions that it would. High costs and a weak economy make it difficult for all but the most profitable companies and seriously wealthy individuals to utilize "my" sector.

 

[Lucrum]

Quote from Max E. Pad:

Why would the internet effect demand for airlines? I could see how it would get people into a plane more efficiently with all those last minute deals there would be less wasted seats, so less flights needed. But i dont understand how it would have effected consumer demand for flying.

I think/thought he was referring to online conferencing and the like reducing the need for private corporate air travel.

 

[Max E.]

Quote from Lucrum:

I think/thought he was referring to online conferencing and the like reducing the need for private corporate air travel.

Ahhhhh, ok never thought of that, makes sense.

 

[Lucrum]

Quote from Max E. Pad:

Ahhhhh, ok never thought of that, makes sense.

It hasn't really played out as predicted though, at least not yet.

Sometimes there is no substitute for being on scene/face to face.
It's also rather difficult to conduct business over a round of golf on video conference.

 

[Max E.]

Quote from Lucrum:

It hasn't really played out as predicted though, at least not yet.

Sometimes there is no substitute for being on scene/face to face.
It's also rather difficult to conduct business over a round of golf on video conference.

Yeah nothing beats writing off a round of golf as a business expense.

Those video conferences dont really work anyways, even if you get up to like 6 people on it, it just turns into a garbled mess if the debate gets heated with everyone talking at once. The only way to solve that problem would be to have an actual round table with 1 speaker dedicated to each individual person placed around a table so you can hear where it is coming from when someone wants to make a point about something in the middle of another persons sentence.

Most software makes it so only 1 person can be heard at once, but it just makes the conversation difficult as it is difficult to rebut certain specific points, and it makes it difficult to switch in and out of conversation between 2 people within the group. It just makes conversation very awkward.