Staff travel has always been, and always will be, on a space available basis. There will be the same number of seats available, just a different distribution. The ROE of CX is bloody awful, and you can't blame the shareholders for demanding that the management (?) use any device possible to increase it. The opposite is true, and while the affected staff are not willing or able to demonstrate that the bottom line is adversley affected by such actions they will continue to squeeze, as any management would. That's 'market forces' for you...