And time for another in our irregular series of observations on "Frequent Flyers pet peeves" Here we see the passenger in 82A who has decided that her overpowering need to read her book is more important than her 5 fellow passengers need to get their sleep. Whilst Willard understands that this is a case of balancing "the needs of the many and the needs of the few", this is not a case of someone who wants to see the wonderful view, or a claustrophobic who one in a while needs to confirm that the world is still out there, no, this is someone who is so self-centred that they would rather wake up all of their fellow passengers, rather than use the three seperate and ergomomically designed lighting solutions built into her seat (all of which have been designed specifically to avoid disturbing other passengers whilst providing ample light for the seat in qujestion). Never have we seen a better example of the maxim that is oft quoted "You meet a lot of third class people in First Class cabins". Let this be a lesson to us all, we should never become so self important that we forget the legitimate needs of those around us!

Believe it or not, this is the third meal service (lest we turn into AirlineMeals.Net we have eshewed the option of photographing every single plate put in front of us (that and the fact that if we did we wsould have surely run out of space on our camera!) - we were incredulous when yet another menu was put in front of us, and we were to be offered Lufthansa's "Barbecue Service"! Here Willard is offered a starter of smoked salmon fillet (what would doubtless be called "Balik Salmon" if it were not for trademark issues) and king prawns.

Out of the options offered to us, we selected the barbecue spare ribs, which came with coleslaw and a baked potato (niether of which we could manage to eat!). There was also a dessert, which was beyond even Willard's contemplation!

If it was necessary to sum up Lufthansa's First Class meal service in one phrase, it would have to be "nobody gets out alive!". On this 10.5 hour flight, we have had three full meal services, one Dinner (6 courses), one in-flight snack (3 courses) and one barbie (3 courses, if you can manage it). No wonder Willard is, erm, somewhat supine.

But in no time at all, we are on final approach to Los Angeles, and Willard takes a peek out f the window at the now obviously west-cost american scenery as we start our descent into LAX.