Originally Posted by
emma dog
I wouldn't have accepted that seating arrangement. AA's own policies require one to be able to sit in the seat with the arm rests down. If he wasn't able to do that then he needed 2 seats... not 1 + 1/2 of yours.
I doubt that AA unlike maybe WN is really enforcing any policy. I've seen paxs waddle back to Y thinking a) no way that person is going to fit in a Y seat properly b) thank god I'm up in this F seat and do not need to worry about people's body parts overflowing onto me and c) someone (the pax next to them) is going to have a miserable flight.
The few times that I am in Y I do have a system. I take a couple of books and newspapers and wedge them in between the two seats along with a blanket that way no one's body fat will enter my personal space.