Originally Posted by AnonymousPatriot2001
Ok, let me try it this way. I have posted the facts regarding the tax-break as they were officially explained to me. It would really surprise me if it was absolutely untrue - and I fear that only an airline accountant could answer it for certain.
It really doesn't matter as this is not the heart of my post.
Please don't insult our intelligence by telling us that the tax break (of which you have zero firsthand knowledge) makes the airlines better off than if they had sold the seat.
Airlines that offer F are, for the most part, bleeding cash and cash is what they need right now, not make-believe tax breaks. Sky marshals sit in F seats, that means the airlines can't sell them (for any amount of money). Since they (those offering F) all have cumulative losses that will negate any income tax for years to come, even if a tax break existed (which it doesn't), it does nothing to compensate them now for the occupied seat.
Not the heart of your post? You spent a lot of paragraphs explaining the hearsay your bosses told you.
Why don't you focus instead on telling us things that you
do know something about?