Originally Posted by kklems

This has been a very interesting thread and I am learning alot. I understand the crew needed seats to get to their assignment. I am ok with them being in FC since they are contractually entitled to a 1st class seat but for the majority of the passengers on the plane it is kind of a slap in the face. All the sardines are strapped in the back and the pilot is sitting in FC. If it is good enough for a paying customer wouldn't it be good enough transportation for the pilot to sit in E?
(although I guess the "rest" portion of it might be important)

It doesn't really affect me because I am a lonely silver and almost never travel alone so I can't go into the upgrade cue anyway. The only times I have flown first class is when I paid for it with $$ or miles. Just commenting on how it looks to the commoners who do spend money to fly (and if no one spent money to fly the pilots would have nowhere to fly to anyway.)