I'm not a member of the mileage-earning clique, I don't buy premium class tickets, I don't fly for work, I don't fly mileage runs, and I'm almost always in economy or premium economy - and therefore I'm in exactly the same boat as CATallGuy.

And I didn't agree with him. I don't think it's tacky for me to be held up for a few minutes while the premium class pax disembark, nor (as I explained on the original thread) is there any illegality about it at all. It's simply good business.

Why was the reaction all one way? It's not because of any problem on the part of those responding. Rather, it says a lot for the strength (or lack of it) of his argument, on its merits. That's why he got such a universally negative response from a wide cross-section of posters.