Originally Posted by
Downwind_Left
But that requires the whole aircraft to be reconfigured. Every seat re-pitched, oxygen masks moved. Significant down time for the aircraft. And given for easyJet this is a specific, short term issue, it will be quick to undo later.
Sadly for Monarch, it didn't save the airline.
1/ Depends where you remove the seats from.
2/ This was done a long, long time before the airline started making catastrophic decisions to kill itself.