I was reading the FAA regs on requirements for the minimum number of flight attendants and found two different sections describing it:
But I also found§ 91.533 Flight attendant requirements.
(a) No person may operate an airplane unless at least the following number of flight attendants are on board the airplane:
(1) For airplanes having more than 19 but less than 51 passengers on board, one flight attendant.
(2) For airplanes having more than 50 but less than 101 passengers on board, two flight attendants.
(3) For airplanes having more than 100 passengers on board, two flight attendants plus one additional flight attendant for each unit (or part of a unit) of 50 passengers above 100.
The question I have is which one of these is true, are the requirements based on number of seats or number of passengers?§ 121.391 Flight attendants.
(a) Except as specified in § 121.393 and § 121.394, each certificate holder must provide at least the following flight attendants on board each passenger-carrying airplane when passengers are on board:
(1) For airplanes having a maximum payload capacity of more than 7,500 pounds and having a seating capacity of more than 9 but less than 51 passengers - one flight attendant.
(2) For airplanes having a maximum payload capacity of 7,500 pounds or less and having a seating capacity of more than 19 but less than 51 passengers - one flight attendant.
(3) For airplanes having a seating capacity of more than 50 but less than 101 passengers - two flight attendants.
(4) For airplanes having a seating capacity of more than 100 passengers - two flight attendants plus one additional flight attendant for each unit (or part of a unit) of 50 passenger seats above a seating capacity of 100 passengers.
Also in a similar vein, what are the normal staffing requirements attendants to passengers for first class, business class and economy class passengers.
I am thinking of changing the way the crew costs are calculated for the next version from a basic 5$ per pax to more of a per hour cost for the number of crew members.