Maybe not exactly the same, but more. We're not talking about reducing the marginal price on new technology that needed capital investment- we're artificially

Maybe not exactly the same, but more. We're not talking about reducing the marginal price on new technology that needed capital investment- we're artificially reducing overall capacity. Airfare already had seating efficiency priced in. For the math to work, best case, you'd need to reduce capacity of a 737 (3+3 across) by 1/3 (no middle seats). 1/2 for sets of 2 or 4 seats.