Originally Posted by
bchandler02
Would they need to physically block the seats if the goal is FA staffing, or could they just limit the # of pax onboard?
If you have 150 pax (needing 3 FA) and 180 seats (but did not sell/use the remaining 30), is that OK in the eyes of the FAA, or would they have to be unusable seats?
The seats must be unusable. If a plane has 300 usable seats, it must feature at least six FAs whether the passenger count is one or 300.
The OP mentions "several" blocked seats yet as others mentioned, more than 30 would have to be blocked in order to fly with just three FAs, which makes me skeptical of the FA's explanation to the OP.