Originally Posted by
Squallrider
according to alpha the cap is firm, they can’t influence companies policies , what’s your source that they will ignore safety policies?
not saying you’re wrong since I’m not alpa just asking
Apologies for all the offended. Just got a reply from my Union rep, and there are several other airlines doing the same. Can't say I agree, but definitely can't complain about SWA if there is more doing the same. I'm back to drinking beer in the backyard....
I
quoted the SPA ALPA email in my post.
AFAIK this complies with the safety policy. There is no federal requirements to keep the middle seat open. Also,with no seat assignment there is no way to make sure the middle seat remains open on SWA.
"Spirit currently has a soft-block on middle seats on all aircraft seats, these seats will not be assigned to any passenger, revenue, or non-rev UNTIL soft-block capacity is reached. Then, middle seats will begin to be assigned to any passenger, jumpseaters included. As always, cockpit jumpseats are available, subject to PIC approval."