Originally Posted by woojink

I would have switched without any hesitation. LAX-ORD is not a long flight at all. Less than 4 hours? It's a milk run. Sitting in F for a short flight - window seat and all - is not much of a sacrifice for me. ESPECIALLY when you're talking about a disabled child for goodness sake.

I'm more than a little surprised and saddened to hear so many people unwilling to make such a small gesture... I'm not even sure that the word sacrifice would even be appropriate.

Let me say, however, that I absolutely defend STRONGLY anyone's right not to switch seats if he/she doesn't want to. There is no obligation to at all.

That being said... where's the love? I'm sure there will be some posters say, how come this family didn't plan better? We don't know that they didn't try. Again, while nobody has an obligation to switch, I am dismayed at how reluctant some sound to switch to a window seat for a mid-con flight. It really does approach a level of self entitlement that isn't great.