I agree otto, esp now in this climate people are more price sensitive and do not really care about service as much. That is the reason why Qantas reported a 20% drop in premium class forward bookings. This will continue for quite some time I'm afraid. Wonder what Jet* thinks of Tiger's free fares?
Edit: Alan Joyce just did an interview with Bloomberg of America last 24 hours and had revised the slump in premium travel to 30% instead of the previous 20%
looks like there are way too many Bfirst hostie now. He is also entertaining thoughts of reconfiguring seats to reflect the cheap heavy and light top trend.