I've had several flights this week where I have noticed an unusually high amount of crew in uniform sitting up in F, even though there is an UG list with 1ks on it that did not clear. In one case, I was actually
#2 on the UG list with T-30 mins to departure and two crew showed up at the gate and bumped both of us 1ks out of line for the 2 remaining F seats. Crew was both pilots and FAs.
Is this being done now as mitigation to the "incident"? I've been 1k for the last 5 years and have never seen anything like this, it's rare to actually see anyone in uniform actually sitting in F let alone bumping the UG list for F seats. Anyone else seen similar activity?