The uncouth will be thoughtless, even when they're 20-something dudes, I guess. I'm just seeing fewer and fewer of them on Southwest lately, and wonder if they're migrating to VX for the lower fares? Not to say all kettles are uncouth.

I *did* notice the VX pilots (both ways) had far less of a hair-trigger for turning on the seat belt sign, where on my recent Delta flights I've noticed ANY turbulence results in the sign coming on. Could be a company culture difference - could be in the normal variation in pilot's threshold for turbulence. After 3M miles, I tend to look for and notice the little things about the staff and passengers I'm sharing space with.