Originally Posted by exerda

I suspect the difference in time between a FAM seating toward the front of the Y cabin on a domestic a/c and in F on same a/c in getting to "where the action is" (presumably, near the cockpit) is going to be negligible. If the bad guys are able to force their way into the cockpit and barricade it behind them in the time it takes the FAM to make that sort of move, there are other things wrong with the system.

As for 3-class a/c, C seats do make more sense, perhaps, than Y, but the vast majority of flights in the US probably are not 3-class a/c.