Am I wrong to interpret many comments in this thread as indicative of numerous revenue passengers begrudging airline employees their flight benefits? Would it be unfair to return to the days when corporations disallowed the accrual of frequent flier miles into personal accounts if the company is paying for the tickets? Would it be reasonable to return to a FF program structure where upgrades to the front cabin did not exist thus eliminating any notion of a Medallian not getting their earned, privileged, deserved upg? It's ok for a Medallian to consider he/she has earned the upg but not ok for an airline employee to be viewed as having earned the nonrev seat? In so many ways, in my opinion, the airline industry, not just DL, has created a monster via FF programs given the costs to manage them, oversee them, support them.