Originally Posted by robsaw

My understanding is the the WS "pause" was merely to avoid having planes out of the fleet during the busy Christmas-New Year period and were planned to resume shortly. However, given the PR disaster that has been generated - who knows. Change of course on seating means a cost strategy change at the highest level for WS for their fleet, so would be a big redirect.

As for AC and the MAX move to Rouge, it seems like it will be an improvement for Rouge compared to the Airbus fleet but will wait until real-world experiences confirm. Getting "Rouged" out of a different set of airports and routes will also be a factor.