I might be in the minority - but I find it ridiculous as a taxpayer that middle seats would be blocked for any airline given a cough will spread multiple rows and seats. This notion of flying massive widebodies and packing even more people that costs more money to fly that plane just makes no sense to me either.
I just don't see as taxpayers we can afford to fly half empty planes around the US.
I really don't get it - do people think blocked middles helps anyone and we as taxpayers should bear that cost?