Originally Posted by
1995hoo
Regarding the space issue—the seats are certainly small. I never felt cramped, though. Bear in mind, also, that it was a three-and-a-half hour flight, often less, and therefore all the space that the airlines are putting in their premium cabins wasn't needed (the whole point of all the "luxury" stuff these days is to help conceal that you're stuck in this slow-moving metal tube with more and more people for longer and longer amounts of time).
But plenty of airlines do offer premium, First or Business Class on short-haul. Where would you rather sit for 3 and a half hours: 4 abreast in a Concorde, or 3 abreast on an Air Canada CRJ in Executive Class?