Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
To me the above is more infuriating than payload optimization. It’s punishing employees. If those seats really are needed for safety, no one should sit in them.
To include FAs who are using the FA jumpseats. I’ve seen jumpseating FAs in the “safety seats” vs in the actual seat. God forbid if a jump seating pilot were to sit in one of those. They may not have a union, but the FA mafia is strong.