<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Vulcan:
...I do see empty FC sets on about 25% of NW flights, but they are becoming fewer and fewer).</font>
I changed my routing recently to connect in MSP rather than DTW. I leave home 1 hour earlier and land 45 mins ealier than the DTW connection, but the flight to MSP serves a meal (it's 734 miles; aparantly 700 is the cutoff). Oh, and the cabin is usually at 50% or less, so I normally pick a seat with an empty next to it. That way I can watch a movie on my laptop and set my breakfast next to me on the tray of the empty FC seat! :-)