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Commuting pilots will often sit in the flight deck if there is no room in the back.
by inoffensivename 3y ago
Commuting pilots will often sit in the flight deck if there is no room in the back.
- SoftTalker 3y agoThis is the reason. The airlines do it so they don't lose a revenue seat in the passenger area. Allowing the deadheading crew to ride in the jumpseats (which never earn revenue) they can still sell all their passenger seats.
- adrianmonk 3y agoAnd this flight was probably completely or almost completely full. Based on airline, cities, and time, you can guess this is Alaska Airlines flight 2059. From there, it's easy to confirm it was diverted to Portland. Both these sites show it was diverted to Portland yesterday: https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/as2059 https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/as2059 https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/ASA2059 https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/ASA2059 So, it is an Embraer 175. The airline and SeatGuru have seat maps: https://www.alaskaair.com/content/travel-info/our-aircraft/e175 https://www.alaskaair.com/content/travel-info/our-aircraft/e... https://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Alaska_Airlines/Alaska_Airlines_Embraer_E175.php https://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Alaska_Airlines/Alaska_Air... Those only show 76 passenger seats, so the numbers don't quite add up, but the point is it's a smaller passenger jet. Tangent: why don't the numbers add up? Could be they reconfigured the seats and added a row. Could be reported wrong. Could be children under 2 who don't require a seat. (See https://www.alaskaair.com/content/travel-info/policies/traveling-with-lap-infants https://www.alaskaair.com/content/travel-info/policies/trave... .)
- inoffensivename 3y agoIt's common to have a few lap infants in the plane, so you could have 76 passengers, 3 lap infants, 4 crew, 1 crazy jumpseater. We often fly with 80+ people on board. Source: I am a E175 pilot.