Obviously

That the economic downturn still has not deter some companies to expense Biz class seats from Hong Kong to Shanghai. There were still tonnes of foreigners and Chinese sitting up front. I was back at the bus with the usual gang of Chinese. Bad breath. Babies crying. Protruding elbows in the face while eating. Getting over me before I got get off my cramped seat. Such was the travel in China. I guess those people up front still want the luxury. Hey, I can buy a biz class too; but only 1 hour and 55 minutes of flying time, how much important work do you think you will get done during that time? Plus you got served a 3-course meal!

Seriously, these group of people need to rethink. Not their money I guess.

One passenger really particular struck out to me. A greeter right at the gate with big sign: CIO Leadership Exchange, Locandro Joe. OK. A CIO Leadership conference. And this passenger just came off from the Biz class in his tailored suit, expensive polished leather shoes and a brief case probably worth the same as my economy class seat. Unless he uses a Macbook Air, I failed to observe anything remote a computer carry case. So, what kind of Leadership was that in this economic downturn. I was ready to walk up and ask if he is thinking of using Cloud computer or SaaS to compensate the expensive IT expenditure. I checked the guy out online, apparently he's the CIO for CLP at Hong Kong - Electricity. Ah.... It has no effect for economic downturn. I see.

Of course, I don't know the full story; but if there is a corporate governance and aware of economic downturn; better not have too much attention to yourself. In particular in Hong Kong with people losing jobs and no work! Only an hour and 55 minutes of flying time; how much work do you think you can do with your computer when someone is sitting next to you and a 3-course meal?

I listened to my IT security and Windows podcasts at the back of the bus.