I lucked out, not booking 331 days out, and was able to get ff biz tickets for this cruise, coming in a couple of days early, just the schedule I wanted. There was a blurb on CNN about more ff biz and first seats being available because of the economy. http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2009/02/08/howard.first.class.cnn

It doesn't seem to be working for some on Paris, but maybe closer to the cruise they will open up.