I wonder if the current number of GS members now exceeds the amount of 1K members there were, say, 10 years ago. In that case, perhaps we, as 1K members, shouldn't really complain about not being treated like the cream of the crop. Maybe we just need to accept the fact that we are just an upper-middle-class elite flyer.
I was prompted to reflect on this after reading a recent post where someone was indignant that a 1K flyer was treated in a way that lumped them in with the general passenger population. But, with irregular ops, you have to draw the line somewhere and perhaps they drew that line at GS.
So, what's the point of this soapbox post? Perhaps to say that we should lobby to have stated requirements for GS, and then all try to qualify for that level vs. continue to complain about how 1K's are treated like second class citizens. Perhaps we are.
And then, in 10 more years, when half the people on SFO flights are GS, we can revisit this topic again...
