Originally Posted by
Raul_R
it is an old story that some commentators are occasionally (or all the time) convinced that the First must disappear. For some reason, I think these are people who don't fly at First on most of their trips. Or the attitude is due to class politics.
Why the arrogance? You can't seriously believe you need to fly First or have a positive opinion on First to be able to discuss future F offerings intelligently? If you want to move away from your biased views, I suggest you read this article as a starter:
https://www.economist.com/internatio...-is-in-decline
Oh, and BTW, Emirates--mentioned as an exception in the article--has joined the pack and is now cutting F capacity, too.
Another thing: When looking at the decline in F capacity between 2008-18, one should factor in that the capacity of other classes has risen, i.e., in relative terms, F has declined even more than in absolute terms. Of course, by now we know the trend for F in 2019-20: Further down.