Originally Posted by
sylvia hennesy
Considerate people will grant custody of the armrests to the middle seat. However, this is not a "rule" and it is not known by "everyone." And if some clod thinks they have to claim both of their armrests, or part of the shared armrest, there's not much that can be done about it. (Because there is no rule.)
Agree entirely. It is unreasonable to assume that every passenger (with vastly varying flying frequency) has thought this issue through to the same extent as many on here and reached the same conclusion. I usually pick an aisle seat and will also surrender one armrest to the person in the middle out of courtesy but I have sometimes been in the middle seat (re-booked flight after cancellation) and only got half an armrest on each side and it didn't bother me.
Window seat gets control of the window blind during cruise, middle gets two armrests and I get some aisle space and the freedom to leave my seat without asking anyone to let me out. Sounds like a fair deal to me
