Originally Posted by
UA1K4EVER
I intuitively feel that is analysis is closer to reality. That being the case, I think that we ultimately must decide what is good for us in an ethical way, i.e., what benefits us without adversely affecting others in the process. It is how I feel about the new CR1 "rule": It did not invent; I have little control over it; AND it does not take away from my ability to get the most out of my limited travel funds...but it opens up to the 1Ps to which it had been previously closed, so it is a net positive...IME.
With all due respect, this is a silly argument.
By your logic, every time I, as a 1K, sit in my upgraded seat, I've "taken away" a seat from someone else who would have otherwise sat in it. Many would say that such a person has been "adversely affected" by my "decision" to upgrade rather than remain in Y. I'm a horrible person!
Look, I agree wholeheartedly that we should in generall act ethically, including doing our best to seek self-benefit without
unnecessarily adversely affecting others, but extending such ethics to upgrading strains credulity. I mean, the entire
institution of upgrades adversely affects all kinds of "deserving" people -- the elderly, the injured, the overweight, the large, etc. Why should such people be forced to endure Y just because they can't afford to sit in F, right? And why should any able-bodied FTer sit in F when s/he would really be just as well-off sitting in the back?
And to be clear, giving CR-1s to 1Ps will most certainly affect your ability, as you put it, "to get the most out of my limited travel funds," because the move would certainly encourage 1Ps to take NC/NF space that may very well have otherwise gone to
you. Now, if you don't care -- if you feel that the ethical thing to do is to let the lower-level elites sit up front -- then by all means cancel your UDU requests and give away your upgrade instruments to friends. Fine by me. But let's not pretend that it won't have any effect on 1Ks overall.