Originally Posted by
EuropeanPete
That’s the Star Alliance norm (Swiss, Austrian, Lot…) afaik - vs. the OneWorld norm (BA, Finnair) which doesn’t allow the empty seat in business.
Sure, an optimist’s point of view is BA may follow the Lufty group, and retain two cabin crew. Setting aside the reduction in seat pitch, from 33” to 30.6”, the E90 is optimised for 27 rows as each row gets a window and no rows have the misfortune of a misaligned window - North American frequent flyers will appreciate this instantly