Originally Posted by
Retron
Isn't it to unify the numbering across all the fleet in due course? So it'll be based on the largest plane, i.e. the A380. It'd mean Club and PE would start at the same row number on all widebodies, for example...
I could understand them aligning all of the 787s because aircraft swaps are commonplace. Possibly, 777s as well but, switching between different types is not straightforward given 787s are 9 across in Y, compared with 10 in the 777s. So, there is always going to be an algorithm needed to sort everything out. Also, I think it would be odd, and a little bit misleading, if row 1 onwards is not used on 3 class aircraft.