Hi Bigdave,
Well done keeping your licence going in the face of adversity. All too easy to file things in the Too Difficult tray. Mine is sadly full!
1A & 1K on the 747 are the best seats in any aircraft and the choice of many a rock star and movie A lister. Ahead of the pilots upstairs and 3 windows of your own that have some forward vision. Tried the A380 to LAX. Super smooth and quiet, but lacks the character IMHO. Some of those probably won’t survive either -$450million each. Ouch. Hope your grandchild is doing well in Phoenix. Scary to see the Chinese plague kicking off there as well as Texas and Florida. Long haul travel is going to be a challenge. Air ridge to New Zealand ? One, they don’t want us and two, you have to make a stop in an infected country to get there.