Originally Posted by
flightrisk
Flightstats shows that the aircraft was briefly substituted at 7:31am and changed right back, presumably right after boarding commenced for an 8am flight. They both appear to be LUS planes configured as J16/Y171 as far as I can tell. Perhaps that was enough to cause a seating issue?
Very interesting, makes me feel even more confident in the human error theory.
FWIW, I asked AAL for an explanation. They generously gave me 5000 miles(which I did not expect, the flight was only $300), but stated they could not determine the cause.