Originally Posted by Eastbay1K
I flew LA F both last July and last December - on both flights, the service had been reduced. Actually, they will still plate you a salad separately and as a separate course if you ask, but it comes out on the appetizer cart, which still has 3 or 4 nice selections, but no caviar.
I was on that flight with ya'

(Actually it was Jan. '06, I think?)
And while I did notice the things you mention, I think what the OP is describing is a far greater reduction than what I noticed in December vs. my previous flights in LA F. At least that's the way I perceived it-- my previous LA F flights were in March 2005, JFK-SCL, SCL-SYD, SYD-SCL. And personally I found the service on the December flight to be not severely reduced by comparison.
In any case, it's obviously "over" for those of us who knew and loved LA F service.