Seems folks accustumed to CO travel will see a downgrade in domestic F catering as we transition to the new United. I was a heavy traveller of UA (1K for three years) until about 2001. UA domestic F catering at the time was superior to AA, which was the other carrier I travelled with allot in those days.
I finally gave up on UA as a result of three things: Summer of discontent pilot strike, not getting upgrades due to employees in premium cabins (employee class on UA), and a run-in with the station manager at GRU which just irked me to no end. UA paid the price and lost my business. Will have to see how they are now. If the employee upgrade situation had not improved (ie employees stop trumping paying passengers on upgrades), I guess I will be an AA only flyer.