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Red BP
Other interesting math is that C+F in this new A350 config occupy about 50% of the floor space on the aircraft at barely 20% of the 248 seats total.
C+F+E together occupy 2/3 of the floor space with only about 1/3 of the seats.
Which ever way you put it, it appears that Allegris C plus a fair amount of E seats just don't fit a F second row.
748 and 388 have more options, but these are not the bodies of the future and are not designated for Allegris or similar.
2 F rows worked fine on the 346/333 with a smaller and subpar C (2/2/2 config).
Quite a dilemma!
The business-wise solution will be reduce seats in Y.
It i snot about offering cheap possinbilities to travel for more people (as cheap fares for Y may be).
It is ABOUT PROFIT. And if you can earn more profit with less customervolume, everuthing is OK.
Just the tricky, and actually VERY tricky part is to guess the porportions right!
And about F they certainly fail. Making F cabin too small, it wil cause a lot more porblems than benefits.