Originally Posted by
pcoll
Recently had experience where passenger in middle seat aggressively maintained ownership of both armrests. In the aisle seat, I had to lean into aisle most of the flight as his elbows and upper arms were in my "space". Since my seat control is in right hand arm rest, I have always thought I should have access to that armrest. What are current thoughts on this?
The middle seat person usually gets BOTH arm rests, as a crumb of compensation for being in the middle. The aisle seat gets more room, and the window seat person gets the view and the wall to rest on.
Everyone knows this.