Originally Posted by
willing292
chances are the mother didn't know that it was possible to get the gate agent to seat them together. wasn't a man recently charged with 'improperly touching' a young seat mate to whom he wasn't related? Being a gentleman has nothing to do with it. I would have switched just so 2 little kids could be with their Mom. Period.
Maybe so, but the problem is if you really want an aisle seat. Maybe you have planned this months ago. You then detect that you are blocking a parent from being seated with her kids. Is it really fair that you should take all the responsibility to make it right?
I still think it's the airlines legal responsibility to seat kids with at least one parent. It's certainly not a pax responsibility.