Welcome to the world of JH et al. Did the same at GF. Next will be the removal of F-class on duty-travel to preserve the integrity of the product. Hope you get more than a two line email notifying the change; that's all we got and 3 years later the Staff Travel and Personnel Manuals have still not been re-published to reflect the change! Makes me wonder what takes precedent, two line from the Secretary to the Board or the Company manuals!
Having said that, they are sensible measures, they just take getting used to if you have travelled F-class for many years and now have to sit one cabin back! Oh yeah - doesn't apply to pilots of course! Still have to dead-head 1 hour to MCT for 12 hours rest in bloody F-Class! Poor b@ggers!