Originally Posted by
dkc192
I will say I did not see this coming...but Zach at TPG has reported that UA will be increasing the F seat count on the narrowbody Airbus fleet by four, bringing the A319s to 12F and the A320s to 16F. As someone fleeing AA for UA, I will give UA kudos for this, which stands out in comparison to AA's trend of ripping out F/J seats on its 788 and 772 aircraft.
Well, color me surprised; I was one of the biggest naysayers in that thread.
That said -- I'm not convinced that this is as much of a win as it sounds like. Adding in an extra row of F while only removing one row of E+ sounds too good to be true. They're going to have to find that space somewhere -- either by removing the pitch in F, E+, E-, or some combination thereof.