Suggests that the Daily Mail headlines of "prisoners living in luxury" might have an element of truth to them then.....

I'd heard all sorts of horror stories about US domestic airlines before I moved here and have actually been pleasantly suprised. I've flown AA first a couple of times recently (paid as part of a trip to Central America) and UA a few times as well (upgraded courtesy of Mrs Schmidt's status at UA) and both products are well ahead of any of the European legacy carriers' intra-Europe C-Class. Indeed I had the joys of LH C-class from FRA-LHR last week for the first time in years which was very average.