I'm not at all shocked or appalled that first class gets food or anything. that was not my point. after all first class passengers pay a hell of a lot more money or have more miles, so thats no big deal. i just think it looks extremely tacky when you pay 200 bucks for a plane ticket to sit in cramped quarters, get lackluster service, and then you see stewards/stewardesses collecting cash for food/ife like streethawkers in a big city who sell fake/stolen merchandise.. ok ok, thats pretty bad, more like the hot dog/beer guys at sporting events.

yes yes economics, ive studied some basics. airlines are in trouble, need to cut costs, services blah blah blah. prices dont go down, service does though. its sad. ua does not charge for ife from what i remember. its sad that in america we are putting up with substandard services. we arent the only ones suffering.

that being said, i would rather get mcdonalds or burger king and take it aboard. might as well use someone like southwest where people are still cheerful...