It really makes for a horrible ride. It's one thing when you are hitchiking to work and ride to work by your own choice, and another when they are forcing you to deadhead on one of our MD-11's. I guess changing that just wasn't a high priority for those that negotiated our contract. They felt that limiting our exposure was good enough. The company has decided to ignore those limits as much as they can. We have three business class seats back there, but they are mounted very close to the bulkhead so they hardly recline. Sweet deal!