Originally Posted by
Phileas Fogg
Should any 156 seat operator choose to reduce staff costs then they have the option to remove 6 seats, on the other hand the beancounters have probably had their abaci out and reckoned that those 6 seats earn more revenue than the p1ss poor salary that additional cabin crew member may be paid.
Wot I said.
Presumably the extra revenue also pays for whatever dosh Airbus were able to extract from EasyJet (and Germanwings, Air Berlin, etc) for the privilege of having the second overwing emergency exit that's required on the A319 if it has over 150 seats.