I do not disagree at all about the American carriers and will conceed the BA are better then any of them, however that does not mean the service is good enough when compared to other carriers because quite frankly it isn't. You are right maybe I am disgruntled in that both legs to/from Chicago in October BA wanted to downgrade me, that hasn't helped my view but is a seperate issue.
I do not go westbound a lot and if I had the choice a lot less of my travel to the Far East would be on BA.