Originally Posted by WHBM
...who squished everybody together 6-abreast around the CofG in Ryanair style rather than do the calculations...
I think not doing the calculations saves us time and therefore money.
Originally Posted by Funnel Cloud
The relevance of the 25 min turnaround quoted above? Free seating policy makes people 'run' for the best seats so boarding goes quicker.
Not quite, its to save the cost of the computing (either man or machine) required to allocate the seats. Not even MO'L would bank on people running to the a/c to keep turnaround times down...
Come on guys, stop with the paranoia! These things are done for simplicity, not solely to aggrivate you, even if it might seem like it.