Originally Posted by
bennos
[*]Even if you board the plane with nothing but middles, a polite plea to a neighbor along the lines of ("I know how horrible it is to ask you to switch to a middle, but this horrible airline sat me and my 5yo apart. Would one of you please be willing to switch with me?") will likely resolve the issue.[/LIST]
Oh, c'mon, that's almost a perfect example of "who talks first". Point to the two rows of aisle/window and empty-middle, and say "if one of you four doesn't move to the middle of the other row, two of you are sitting with a 5yo in the middle seat".
Besides, if noone moves, just stand there until someone does. They can't close the door until everyone's sitting, correct?
Yet all of that is dependent on your willingness to not take that flight.