Do you still get paid while in flight? (Travel Time)

1. Companies will pay for all travel expenses plus a large stipend for your inconvenience
2. Flight hours are not only counted, but if you were to travel across time zones you would log the difference between time zone at departure and time zone at destination as billable overtime subject to 150% of normal hourly rate
3. You are not allowed to do any work due to privacy concerns
4. Minimum travel class according to FAA guidelines is First Class with Priority Boarding

1. Yes, my company pays for hotels, flights, parking, transportation (taxi, uber, car rental), meals with clients plus a per diem.

2. Most positions where you travel for work are salaried. I've not heard of an hourly employee at my firm ever traveling for corporate business.

3. No, but most people will.

4. No, above a certain length you get first domestically or international business.

1. Yes
2. Most jobs that require travel are salary jobs so hard to answer this. For jobs with a "billable hours" format (law, consulting), it generally varies by client and firm whether the travel in and of itself counts as billable if you are not working while on the flight. If it does, it is potentially possible (though rare) to be allowed to "double bill" by working for client A while flying to client B.
3. Similar to above, jobs that require travel are "professional" jobs that aren't looking over your shoulder all the time.
4. Absolutely not. Coach is very common even for high paying jobs at elite firms.
5. Varies
6. No.

Checking in as Sales & Distribution Enterprise IT: 1. My company pays for air expense, hotel, ground transportation and meals while I am away from my main office. 2. Unless you are a non-exempt employee (paid hourly), you're not getting overtime. 3. This is completely subjective to the situation. I usually read books when I'm in airports and airplanes but if I need to work on the plane, then I'll work. 4. Coach until you hit status on the airline that you fly. Then you'll get exit-row seats and you'll get first-class every 1/4 flights via accumulated upgrades. 5. Nope. There's a preference for what you should fly but you can fly whatever you'd like. Stay in any hotel you'd like as long as within the allowed range for the city you are travelling to. 6. No.

1. Yes.
2. No - as stated above. Salaried employees are the ones who tend to travel. Although I once did get to travel as an hourly paid intern... that was sick. I got delayed several hours and they had to pay me overtime since I was travelling on a Friday evening in the first place. That one week of pay gave me a good cushion for a few weeks.
3. My line of work, I am not allowed to (defense contractor)
4. Only on international flights lasting over 8 hours (I think that is the lucky number)

1. Does the company pay for all the air expenses and hotels?

- Yes. Travel arrangements are booked for us. Flights are typically paid for up front by the company. Hotels are initially paid by employees, then we submit an expense report, including per diem and any other travel expenses incurred (taxi, etc.). Hotels are something decent but nothing spectacular. Almost always a Hilton property.

2. If you have a long flight on a plane, does the flight hours still count as your working hours? (Do you still get paid for the hours flying on the plane doing nothing?)

- It depends. We rarely have long flights. If it is during "business hours" any day of the week or weekend we get paid for them, meaning weekend flights can earn you some overtime. But, if you fly out late on a Friday, no overtime.

3. Does the company require you to work while on the plane?

- No. Flights are short and infrequent.

4. Is the minimum class for companies travelers' business class and up?

- I do not believe so, we are in with the common folk. However, flights are almost always regional so it's not as big of a deal as it would be if we were flying coast to coast or overseas.