Originally Posted by
Paulchili
BTW, I did admit that it was my fault for not doing research, though it would not have made that silly business class seat any better.It must have been another "ugly American" who apparently also does not understand or agree with your view of "obviously superior European aviation standards", especially as it relates to business class travel

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Maybe you should also stop referring it as "business travel". A seperation in a seperate real business section is just not needed on almost all short routes in the EU. You get the rest as lounge access, preferred checkin and extra bags. But most survive just fine sitting in the seat for about an hour or 1,5 hours. And that's why it doesn't make much sense for airlines to offer anything different.
Nothing silly about that.