Comments on: Maybe they were hybrid jets http://www.valleyprblog.com/advice/maybe-they-were-hybrid-jets/ A (dry heated) group blog from Phoenix, Arizona on public relations, marketing and social media Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:05:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Valley PR Blog » Blog Archive » It Wasn’t Exactly Rocket Science http://www.valleyprblog.com/advice/maybe-they-were-hybrid-jets/comment-page-1/#comment-7218 Valley PR Blog » Blog Archive » It Wasn’t Exactly Rocket Science Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:34:09 +0000 http://www.valleyprblog.com/?p=1516#comment-7218 [...] that I’m a PR genius or anything, but this was my idea. Seriously, why didn’t they do this the first [...] [...] that I’m a PR genius or anything, but this was my idea. Seriously, why didn’t they do this the first [...]

]]> By: Jackie Wright http://www.valleyprblog.com/advice/maybe-they-were-hybrid-jets/comment-page-1/#comment-7082 Jackie Wright Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:40:36 +0000 http://www.valleyprblog.com/?p=1516#comment-7082 As a past employee of General Motors, I can honestly say that these corporations operate like dinosaurs! Even worse than the private jets are the obnoxious handouts these companies give to the UAW. Check out this article that ran in today’s Detroit Free Press. http://www.freep.com/article/20081121/COL10/81121021. It’s high time the big three stop acting invincible and do all that they can to become profitable! Step 1: Start making cars that people actually want to buy. As a past employee of General Motors, I can honestly say that these corporations operate like dinosaurs! Even worse than the private jets are the obnoxious handouts these companies give to the UAW. Check out this article that ran in today’s Detroit Free Press. http://www.freep.com/article/20081121/COL10/81121021. It’s high time the big three stop acting invincible and do all that they can to become profitable! Step 1: Start making cars that people actually want to buy.

]]> By: Jim Veihdeffer http://www.valleyprblog.com/advice/maybe-they-were-hybrid-jets/comment-page-1/#comment-7078 Jim Veihdeffer Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:42:05 +0000 http://www.valleyprblog.com/?p=1516#comment-7078 As a commentator on Ragan's site noted, it's not about the jets. A private jet is often the most effective way for executives to travel when you consider airport waiting times, the opportunity to do business en route and a myriad other solid business reasons. That said, the executives could have still made a statement by flying to National (DCA) or Dulles (IAD) and then driving to DC in a car of their choice. Fact is, Fortune 100 execs travel in aircraft like the G-IV and Citation X for good reason, just as the president travels in Air Force One - they are literally "offices in the air." Their PR rep made the big gaffe by trying to frame the bizjet travel as an "employee safety issue" rather than a cost-effective way for a group of the nation's top executives to go to the most important meeting of their lives. It probably wouldn't have mattered if they had hitched a ride on a crop duster or a Beverly Hillbillies-style farm wagon, someone would have questioned their fancy shoes. The car execs are practically in a no-win situation that has been of their own devising for 40 years. As a commentator on Ragan’s site noted, it’s not about the jets. A private jet is often the most effective way for executives to travel when you consider airport waiting times, the opportunity to do business en route and a myriad other solid business reasons.

That said, the executives could have still made a statement by flying to National (DCA) or Dulles (IAD) and then driving to DC in a car of their choice.

Fact is, Fortune 100 execs travel in aircraft like the G-IV and Citation X for good reason, just as the president travels in Air Force One – they are literally “offices in the air.”

Their PR rep made the big gaffe by trying to frame the bizjet travel as an “employee safety issue” rather than a cost-effective way for a group of the nation’s top executives to go to the most important meeting of their lives.

It probably wouldn’t have mattered if they had hitched a ride on a crop duster or a Beverly Hillbillies-style farm wagon, someone would have questioned their fancy shoes.

The car execs are practically in a no-win situation that has been of their own devising for 40 years.

]]> By: Dan Wool http://www.valleyprblog.com/advice/maybe-they-were-hybrid-jets/comment-page-1/#comment-7077 Dan Wool Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:16:15 +0000 http://www.valleyprblog.com/?p=1516#comment-7077 PR reflects operations - this shouldn't have been a surprise. PR reflects operations – this shouldn’t have been a surprise.

]]> By: Mike Padgett http://www.valleyprblog.com/advice/maybe-they-were-hybrid-jets/comment-page-1/#comment-7076 Mike Padgett Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:15:10 +0000 http://www.valleyprblog.com/?p=1516#comment-7076 Follow your thought: The U.S. automaker execs should personally drive their "green" vehicles across the country to promote sales. Those vehicles' shortcomings and advantages would become obvious during such a trip. Follow your thought: The U.S. automaker execs should personally drive their “green” vehicles across the country to promote sales.

Those vehicles’ shortcomings and advantages would become obvious during such a trip.

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