Originally Posted by
ACYYZ/SD
I'm going to wager 2 reasons.
Maintenance nuisance. Like cup holders, they are a loose and flimsy and subject to frequent breakage.
Transport Canada. Coats dangling from a bank of economy seats would pose an impediment to an evacuation. The hooks found in Executive First Suites are forward enough within the seating structure that they don't pose an obstruction.
Just my 2 cents.
I find anything hanging on the J hooks gets in the way of my feet so I give it to the FA to hang up :P In Y I find it cramped enough, I'd venture anything I want to hang up gets less creased jammed/placed over the top of bags in overhead than with my knees pressing it into the seat for n hours.
I partially agree with the above though, maintenance and health and safety. Maintenance I only partly agree to because from what I've seen AC wouldn't ever fix any that were broken anyway.
What I wouldn't give for a cup holder... But then if it's attached to the seat in front and I place a cup full of liquid in it... then that person decides to recline or derecline their seat ... well I wouldn't want to risk it. For some reason AC seats seem to be less smooth..
End of the day, AC don't care as long as they fill the seats. They're kind of like the TTC, they always get you to your end destination but it may take 3 times longer than it should and they may substitute the mode of transport for one that's subpar. TTC = replacement buses, AC = podless replacement.
*rant over*