Originally Posted by
FlyDeltaJets87
So a slight loss but really you can't add just one or two more F seats - you have to add a whole a row of four, which comes at a significant loss of seats in the back. Also, the ratio of EC (at least at a quick glance), especially for the 737-900, looks to be an improvement.
You can't add 1 F seat maybe but you can definitely add a half row; look at row 10 on the 737-900. Instead of a half row of EC it could be a half-row of F. By the same token they could have made the closet instead of 2 FC seats and had a complete row 10. So thanks to DL for that!