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Dec 3, 2012, 4:58 pm

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Originally Posted by stupidzbu

I asked why they did that, and she said that they removed one row and blocked off those 4 seats to decrease the capacity from 250 to 240 because by law you need one FA per 50 PACs or something like that, and removing those 10 allows them to remove one crew member, so the other 3 do slightly more work.

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Originally Posted by BStrauss3

1 per 50, so they reduced capacity to below 150 (not 250). FAA regulations.

FAA regulations are based on the # of SEATS on the plane - not vacant seats. Simply leaving seats empty doesn't impact the required # of FAs.

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