01/07/2020
Most major airlines are currently operating flights at a capped maximum of passengers, to help ensure that passengers aren’t crowded inside like sardines at a time when we’re all supposed to be doing our best to socially distance from each other. Delta, for example, is operating thus for the time being: By capping first-class cabins at 50% capacity and only selling a maximum of 60% of its main cabin seats.
Starting Wednesday, however, American Airlines is resuming the sale of the entirety of its planes’ seats, so that you could conceivably board a full flight soon if you choose to fly with the airline. No surprise, CDC director Robert Redfield expressed “substantial disappointment” with American Airlines for this change in policy. He made the comments during a Senate Health Committee hearing Tuesday, responding to a question from Sen. Bernie Sanders by lamenting: “I can tell you that when they announced that the other day, obviously there was substantial disappointment with American Airlines. A number of the airlines had decided to keep the middle seat (open).”
https://bgr.com/2020/06/30/american-airlines-criticized-by-cdc-director-filling-seats-to-capacity-during-coronavirus/
American Airlines began implementing a significant policy change on Wednesday — the resumption of selling full plane flights, irrespective of the growth in coronavirus cases around the US. CD…