While there are many issues G200 is wrong on and I am right on, this is an issue where he is correct and I agree with him 100%. Sounds like he has been doing this awhile.
CX880 (post #61) equated this to having lots to live for and and not wanting to throw it all away over a trip. It's just not that simple. The people riding in the back of these business tools sit in meetings/boardrooms all week long making decisions and having people follow thier instructions without delay; literally asking how high can they jump. And now, here is some employee of theirs TELLING him what he can and cannot do with his own aircraft. Phuleazzzzzzze. That will never go over well. It has nothing to do with what they have to live for, it has to do with ego, who is going to make the final decisions here, and just give Mr. Bigbuck a reason to get into your a$$ and see how quickly that happens.
Look at what G200 says, "acceptable alternatives". What he is saying is that he gives them their options based on what he is willing to do, then lets them make the final decision based on the choices he presented and since he presented the options, he is obviously comfortable with any of them. By doing it this way, the CEO thinks he made the decision when all along, G200 made it. See how that works?
Its pretty obvious how the order of events should go before putting your foot down firmly to anyone in the back. This is the internet so the real discussion always gets lost.
Typical.