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Byline: CHRIS BARNETT
Anyone who traveled the U.S. for business when jumbo jets had pianos aboard and airlines were hotels with wings see today's foot soldiers of commerce as extras in a reality show.
Instead of stretching out in comfort and strolling the cabin for exercise, they're wedging themselves into cramped seats on small airplanes for long flights.
Instead of roast beef hand-carved from the trolley and served on bone china, they are munching peanuts, power bars, homemade sandwiches or airport pizzas.
Rather than sleeping, reading or watching a first-run movie, they are probably polishing a new business pitch on a computer ...