Dear Mr. 8C: I'm sorry your Silver Elite status on Northwest Airlines didn't qualify you for a first class upgrade on your recent flight from New York to Minneapolis. All of us, your fellow passengers, shared in the incredulity you expressed so vocally to the gate agent when informed that you would be flying coach. The subsequent announcement that our departure would be delayed clearly inconvenienced you alone. Your expletive-laden denouncement of the airlines, while unsettling to many of those standing near to you, was an opinion that you obviously deemed necessary to share with all within ear shot. It is shocking that the airlines would let a little thing, like a mechanical problem with the plane, interfere with your very important schedule. Trust me, we all heard you when you said how (expletive omitted) upset you were. While being a requirement for all of us, your fellow passengers, I understand that the size of carry-on luggage is only a suggestion for you. No, I can't believe the "gall" of the flight attendant who told you that your suitcase would need to be tagged and put in the cargo hold because it was too large to fit in the overhead compartment or underneath the seat in front of you. Of course it's not your fault that the flight will now be further delayed so the ground crew can stow your oversized suitcase. By the way, it sounds like your wife, or girlfriend, or whoever it was you were talking to so loudly on your cell phone in the plane, really doesn't appreciate you. It seems like the least she could do is to go to the grocery store, get what you want for dinner and pick you up at the airport. After all, no one can seriously think that you will pay five (expletive omitted) dollars for a snack pack in coach. I'm sure it's hard for you to hear your wife, or girlfriend, or whoever it was you were talking to, when the announcement is made to turn off all electronic devices for take-off. And, who does the flight attendant think she is to come over and insist that you turn your cell phone off so the flight can depart. Doesn't she know that the rules don't apply to you? Yes, I know that you would have gotten drunk if the beers were free, but I'm glad that you didn't. Having followed you in line for the lavatory I clearly see you're one of those men who can't be bothered to lift the toilet seat. You're right. That sticker on the mirror in the lavatory asking passengers to be courteous and clean up after themselves is a "real farce." It's just those flight attendants being too lazy to do their jobs. None of us in our section of the plane can believe, once we have landed and you are immediately back to talking on your cell phone, that your wife, or girlfriend or whoever it was, hadn't even left the house yet, let alone gone grocery shopping for you. Although we all know that you will have to wait for your suitcase in baggage claim and that your ride is going to be late in arriving, it's clear why you need to position yourself in the aisle to better elbow your way to being one of the first people off the plane. Why should you be delayed by anyone sitting in front of you or by someone who just might need a few seconds to collect their things? I agree with your parting comment that "air travel just ain't what it (expletive omitted) used to be." Though, like your behavior throughout the flight, you are oblivious as to why I agree with you.