The topic of limiting load factors "for safety" has been done to death by all governing bodies and keeping the middle seat empty was confirmed to be useless on multiple occasions. Nonetheless, some people keep pretending that they know better. What is affordable for the precious Alitalia which has been bleeding cash like crazy for years but is nonetheless in business thanks to the generous government support is unthinkable for a truly commercial airline that actually has to operate on a cash-positive basis in order to survive.