I am on the side of the forward galley as well. When we (well actually the owner) were deciding between the G-IV-SP and Falcon 900EX we took long demonstration flights in both; KPWA-EGGW-KASE* and KASE-TNCM-KHOU.
After these and other demo flights the boss decided that having a forward galley was going to be the way either aircraft would ordered. The basic reason was, as many here have posted, he did not like either the FA or the pilots waking through the cabin when he was trying to sleep. When he was not sleeping, during daylight flights he had no issue with the crew going back to galley.
He finally settled on the 900EX, primarily due to the better performance out of Aspen, than the G-IV-SP.
* A technical stop was require in both aircraft in KBGR for customs and fuel, on the EGGW-KASE segement.
Last edited by con-pilot; 25th Aug 2013 at 17:24.