Those dirty government employees, all overpaid and underworked. Make them all fly coach so that they won't compete with real people who deserve to fly first with their miles. Come on, we all know that nobody gets rich on a government salary. If you have ever worked for the government you know that the vast majority of government workers are under paid and under appreciated by people exactly like you. The least you could do is let them use a few crummy frequent flier miles so that they can fly first class every now and then. Costs the taxpayer nothing to let them keep the miles and the improvement in morale is huge.