Something that I have pondered for years is the terrible condition of American carriers as opposed to foreign carriers. Can the American airlines tell me why they cannot provide a product that is at least equal to the foreign carriers? Most, if not all, of the Asian carriers have outstanding seating and service. Even their older aircraft are immaculate. First and Business class is really first and business, not some upgraded economy pretender. Economy class, on Asian carriers, means a fairly comfortable seat with 34 inch pitch. On American carriers it's 31 to 32 inch pitch and older uncomfortable seats. The American carriers management can't be that stupid that they don't know what their competitors are doing. I refuse to fly any American carrier. Asian and some European carriers have a much better product and they really seem to care whether you fly their airline or not. Who in the world is running the American carriers these days? They can't be very concerned about their customers, I'm sure of that.