Originally Posted by
VoodooYYC
My question is, why is it AC's responsibility to provide social distancing? It's a private business, and not vital local infrastructure like public transit that people depend on to go to work on an ongoing basis.
It's isn't AC's duty to offer blocked middle seats onboard flights on an open ended basis as it's not a federal aviation regulation, only a recommendation. The expectation that AC should continue to shoulder the costs of operating more flights with lighter loads isn't reasonable to me however I know many others may not agree.