C-Man

First Class is very important to me too. Beyond the legitimate issues you raise, there are more and more flights with no hope of first class, e.g. the RJ's (it may not be long before DL has no F available at all BOI-SLC etc.) and now the darned shuttle planes flying (CVG & ATL)- (BOS & LGA). Seems to me that, within several years, there will be very little F class available (on any airline) except for long flights between maybe the top 20 cities. What are we gonna do then?