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Article: (B) OPINION: For Business Travelers, Flight Time Is Down Time.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
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- June 22, 2000
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Jun. 22--By Bernice Kanner, marketing and advertising columnist
NEW YORK--Despite all the talk of the rat race becoming more work- focused, tensions seems to fade with altitude, like gravity. Two out of three business travelers toting a laptop never turn them on once in the air.
Widely held images of the plugged-in, work-focused, on-the-go business traveler aside, 95 percent of business travelers--do not consider work their first priority at 30,000 feet, according to a Delta Air Lines survey.
The Atlanta-based airline commissioned Harris Interactive to survey 500 frequent business travelers, who are as vital to an airline as thrust and lift.
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