Originally Posted by
dancingbear
I'd be interested to know if anyone has spotted one of these mythical new seat configurations or if anyone else has information from a trusted source. The seat map for these flights suggests nothing different about rows 16/17 other than a "reserved for elite/full-fare customers" star on 16.
Someone recently posted about these somewhere on the AA forum. Some of the 738s have those four middle seats blocked by a bolted-in table. If you subtract those four seats, the seat count is 150 - and the legal requirement is just three FAs, not the four. The flight attendant union recently posted a piece on their website where they contend that those four seats still count despite the table and thus, four FAs are required. Don't know if the FAA has weighed in.
I'm too lazy to search for the thread, but it was in the last 10 days or so.