NJDavid-
OK, OK, itsa gotta be h*ll back there, although to date I havent seen the super-saver squeezed-n-squished squashed-n-stuffed steerage-seated citizens actually revolt, rebel, riot or seize my highly coveted honestly-earned upgraded-by-mileage B/F seat yet. FWIW, and for educational purposes only, I will offer to change seats with you for a couple of hours (assuming we are on the same EWR-HNL flight). Sometimes one forgets the travails of others when dining on lobster and drinking champagne. I didnt realize it was so bad back there (you should really "try" DL if you want to see bad).
I guess the upcoming EWR-HNL aircraft will only have 24 B/F vs the current 38 B/F seats. I may have to re-evaluate any upcoming routing. Soon CO will be one of few carriers having non-stop east coast to HI flights. Arrrrggggghhhh!
MisterNice
ps: I save all my earned mileage for the 8-11 hour very long HNL upgrade certs. I mostly do steerage to Europe.