Speculation: Southwest to change to Economy Plus and Economy Minus seating
Apr 25, 2024, 11:44 am
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Speculation: Southwest to change to Economy Plus and Economy Minus seating
This speculation looks plausible to me: https://viewfromthewing.com/big-chan...signed-seating
Apr 25, 2024, 12:49 pm
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I don't see why 2 or 3 legroom+ rows reduce pitch in the rest of the cabin if "thinner seats create more room" overall. Hope Leff did the math and just failed to supply numbers. Conjecture false in one dimension is necessarily false in all higher dimensions.
Apr 25, 2024, 2:50 pm
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This speculation looks plausible to me: https://viewfromthewing.com/big-chan...signed-seating
Apr 25, 2024, 4:25 pm
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Apr 25, 2024, 7:07 pm
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This speculation looks plausible to me: https://viewfromthewing.com/big-chan...signed-seating
Apr 25, 2024, 7:36 pm
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Glad someone else said it. Plus very sensationalized topics. If it happened once in the world on some idiot's social media then its happening everyday everywhere according to him. Didn't bother to click the link.
Apr 25, 2024, 8:29 pm
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Apr 25, 2024, 9:02 pm
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Sounds fishy to me. Anything other than their "sit anywhere" policy breaks a key component of their fast turnaround model. It would slow boarding and add seat policing to FA duties.
Apr 26, 2024, 7:35 am
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SWA, like other businesses look at all kinds of changes, upgrades, pricing scenarios, etc.
And, most ideas never get past the discovery phase.
Will they do this? Possible, but it will take some major changes in their systems.
either way, nothing soon
And, most ideas never get past the discovery phase.
Will they do this? Possible, but it will take some major changes in their systems.
either way, nothing soon