The cabs on the Avelia trainsets are suppose to have a jumper seat in the cabs for any 2nd person that is occupying the head end.
Updated information is available in the link below by clicking the "Amtrak Procurement and Program Update".
According to the link we should be seeing a brand new Acela set in the next 6 months.
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