How not to work on a plane
Hours without interruption and work to do. What could go wrong?
You are not important enough to turn left on a plane. But you are important enough for the company to want you to have completed a project-risk update by the time you land. You have six solid hours in the air, and the work should take no more than three hours. You are not in a middle seat, and no one can email you. What could possibly go wrong?
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This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “Mistakes on a plane”
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