Originally Posted by
Superguy
Being Y doesn't automatically mean that they're in the last row. You know, there is a first row of coach on a lot of planes that's right behind row 2 in F. A319's and 737's come to mind on UA.
Yes, on Continental as well. I would agree with FAMs in the first row there.
But then again, if having a FAM meant a plane wasn't going to fall out of the sky, well, we'd have planes falling out of the sky all the time.
Exerda already explained the timing difference and I agree with him.
Its been done already. The numbers are in on this issue. There was even a Congressional brief on the subject, explaining the rationale and showing the footage of the testing in different seating configurations.
I'd be willing to bet that it's because:
1. On many 747's, upstairs is usually C so by the "view of the cockpit", they'd be useless in F. This is one case where Y generally wouldn't work either.
2. There are international 2 cabin flights (LAX-SIN on SQ comes to mind) that are pretty much C and not F. If there's no F, they have to fly C.
Those would be correct, as well as anytime there is more than a two man team. Which happens quite often.