More oppo at 30k feet

"Carl (@stuffcarlsays)" (carllevine)
02/04/2014 at 19:38 • Filed to: Planelopnik

Did you know that the Boeing 737-800 MCE in American Airlines' fleet lack a seat at 16B, 16E, 17B and 17E? Neither did I till I boarded my ORD-BOS flight an hour ago!

Turns out that American only wants a capacity of 150 people in the plane so they only have to have 3 flight attendants.

Two rental car reviews coming soon!

DISCUSSION (10)

Textured Soy Protein > Carl (@stuffcarlsays)
02/04/2014 at 19:43

Holy crap it's like guaranteed room to spread out!

Carl (@stuffcarlsays) > Textured Soy Protein
02/04/2014 at 19:55

QFT! My right elbow is squarely where the poor middle passenger's torso would be. This is awesome!

SaabLife, because Gripen > Carl (@stuffcarlsays)
02/04/2014 at 20:04

I was talking about this with a friend over at American the other day. Apparently it has a lot to do with the bankruptcy and staffing cutbacks.

Pretty nice when you can grab the aisle or window seats on those rows. Luckily, people think they're seats someone has already grabbed when picking their seats and they avoid them.

samssun > SaabLife, because Gripen
02/04/2014 at 20:12

It has a lot to do with cumbersome labor agreements and union featherbedding. So if the rules dictate one stewardess per fifty passengers, meaning 152 would require a fourth, so instead the airline caps it at 150 and everybody loses.