WHy does the Embraer 135 Jet have the seats designated letters AD&F rather than AB&C?

Question

My wife and I cannot work this out and it is driving us mad. I suppose that it is good that we have so little to wory about!

Answer 1

The seat coding depends on the airline and not the airplane type.

The majority of airliners (737 and 757) have 6 seats across in economy class: A-B-C on the L side, then an aisle, and then D-E-F on R side.  Passengers get accustomed to knowing that seat A is a window seat, C and D are aisle seats etc.  Therefore some airplanes with less than 6 seats across use the same lettering code for consistency.

The ERJ 135 only has 3 seats across. Depending on the configuration specified by the airline, they usually have 1 seat on L side (A), then the aisle, and then 2 seats (D&F) on the R side.  That way the passengers will know that seat A is a window, D is an aisle, and F is the other window.  Its not a perfect system but it seems to cause less confusion than labelling them A-B-C..

Even some 767's with 7 seats across use a similar non-sequential lettering sequence, but it all depends on the airline and not the actual plane.

Answer 2

I totally agree that is the airline. I work on the emj 135 at Eagle and our seats go abc. It may have something to do with the arrangement of the last row of seats, but that really doesn't make sense for this aircraft.  Although on  the sabb our seats are marked acd because there are 4 seats in the last row abcd.

Answer 3

From what I could find in an on-line search, "...seats A & F are window seats, and seat D is the right-side aisle seat."