Originally Posted by
law dawg
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'm curious to if these tests were verifiable by an outside agency, such as the GAO. Not that I'm not saying that tests were done in good faith, but I have my fair share of ramming a square peg into a round hole as a govie to try get what an agency wants.
And according to the article sited recently, it also seems that at least a lot of FAMs wouldn't put up with flying in Y, which is why they're still in C/F.
Those would be correct, as well as anytime there is more than a two man team. Which happens quite often.
Ok, so if there are at least 2 man teams, why do they BOTH have to be in F? Wouldn't it be good to have someone "bring up the rear" in case the other one gets in trouble? Just seems like how it stands now, if you see one FAM, chances are you're seeing the partner just across the aisle and it makes an easy target. Whereas one could blend in a bit more in Y at least.