Travel$ense User's Guide (PDF, 139 MB) - NBAA

TRAVEL$ENSEProductivity during drive time to and from all airports is user-definable, with a10 percent shipping default.One of the most important and fascinating issues raised by Travel$ense is theissue of Non-Business Hour Travel Time. Simply put, how do you valueemployee time after hours? Some companies traditionally have discountedemployee time after hours, since they are off the clock and unpaid. This hastended to steer travel decisions to this free time, and created a lot of nighttravel. There are consequences to this policy, however.139“The Divorce Factor,” as it’s sometimes called, can be the ultimate result ofexcessive night travel. Also, the issue of equity in comparisons is raised, in which“expensive” daytime travel time is weighed against “free” nighttime travel time,fostering what may be unbalanced travel planning.If Non-Business Hour Travel Time Valuation is set to zero percent, the result is:• Passengers use “free” (short-term) night travel time.• It’s pro-business.• It cuts into family time.• It increases day-after fatigue and decreases day-after productivity.• It decreases job satisfaction.If Non-business Travel Time Valuation is set to 100 percent, the result is:• Passengers use “expensive” day travel time.• It’s pro-family.• There’s loss of work time during the day due to travel.• It increases day-after productivity and lessens fatigue.• It improves employee morale.There is no right or wrong answer. Companies are free to skew the matrix inwhichever direction they wish. The default setting is 50 percent. In the finalanalysis, this decision is a corporate culture question, and a value and businessjudgment.A second fascinating issue raised by the program involves the Extra Time On-Site Valuation. Here’s the question: “Should the extra time an employeeunnecessarily spends on-site due to airline flight schedules be valued as fullyproductive?” It’s an efficiency and time management issue and the valuation youapply will help steer the decision matrix. In this case, a setting of zero percentwill steer you toward acute efficiency while a 100 percent setting will ignoreCopyright © 1999, National Business Aviation Association, Inc.