AF made some of the first rows of the Economy cabin "Seats in the front of the plane". These seasts do not offer any extra legroom or recline, they just happen to be at the front, as the name implies. FB Elites at least can benefit from Comfort+ if seats are available during check-in, while those of us who are Skymiles Medallions have to watch the "seats in the front of the plane" stay empty during check-in and later on assigned to random, no status passengers who didn't get a seat assignment before hand. So yes, the deal between Flying Blue and Delta is really Stupid.