Originally Posted by
frascaflyer
How about an unaugmented EWR-LHR leg with a deadheading pilot in the back making 50% on the way to the Windsor Marriott before coming back three man with a rest seat in coach?
I blame Stivala much more for that than Bethune, he negotiated a contract he knew the narrow body pilots could accept and it was game over. I’m sure it was strictly coincidental that the 737 rest seat stayed in FC.