Originally Posted by
FWAAA
Many people complain about that middle seat (in the row of five) yet when you look at it objectively, it's really no worse than a window seat in a group of three (in terms of accessing the aisle). Both require that you crawl over two other people.
Exactly. On long flights, I will not get a window seat in such seating. In fact, last Dec when I successfully stoodby for a 777 flight IAH-LGW and got a window seat (A), I swapped seat with a lady who in the "E" seat in the middle, who was separated with her boyfriend in the "B" seat. They thanked me to no end, but I actually preferred "E" to "A".