Originally Posted by
orbitmic
I may of course be totally wrong on all of that, but part of my thinking is that a paradoxical effect of the move to 8F is that whilst it makes seats less hard to fill, it means that the crewing impact of having an F cabin paradoxically higher (ie you commit the extra crew for an even smaller number of passengers and it may quickly not feel worth it).
I assume they go from 3 FAs for 14 down to 2 for 8, no? Yes it’s slightly less favorable but has to be considered in the context of the crew requirements for the rest of the plane, eg, they may need an extra crew for a larger J cabin now, so no overall change, and then it comes down to the relative yields. Lots of moving parts in this calculation…