I have no idea what the bean counter equation is for knocking out a condo. Obviously they get a few more Biz seats out of it, even minus the new "rest" seat.

The cynical me says that the spreadsheet for potential revenue on those added seats is a mathmatical "certainty", while cancelling a flight because of degraded rest facility is only a "soft theoretical" possibility.

You and I know that all it takes is one or two diverts or canx due to FDP to zero out whatever possible revenue they might have gotten out of those seats.

If you look at the tables, you essentially lose an hour of FDP for going down one Class of facility. Even if you have to MEL whatever you have, you probably can go...but it gets tighter on the time. (Check those snaps and curtains!)

There's a new APB that outlines all the various Rest Facilities by tail number...and the backup plan (ie what biz class seat if the condo is out).

A very interesting note 1 is that on some planes, the dedicated Flight Attendant Rest facility has been approved by the FAA to act as a Class 2...and can be used to maintain operation integrity, with VP approval. Would love to see that scenario play out.

I think the ship has sailed on the facilities we lost (330), and that sucks....but a strong case could be made for keeping what we got.

I know I have a hard time sleeping on the 767 and the 757 is down right ridiculous.

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