Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   Queen, err, Mayor of N.O. Date:   9/12/2022 5:44:12 PM

Yes, it is not cheap to fly First Class.  I don't know about state laws, but the federal ethics laws that I flew on, said that even if you were offered an upgrade you were supposed to take it, because it gave the appearance to the taxpayers that their taxes are being wasted.  (I could never figure out how an average person would know I worked for the government, but still).  We could get special permission to fly business if we were flying through X number of time zones and would be officially met for meeting when we got off the plane.  That at least was some compensation for flying from Washington to Asia, but it was not a rubber stamp approval.  They were very conscious about it, particularly after some whistleblower called the IG about the Chief of Staff of the Army flying from the Pentagon to Andrew AFB to get on a plane.