Likely nothing. Until it becomes a legal requirement there is nothing UA could do and even then there is nothing reasonable that can be done in flight. Nothing is going to happen. Might get snide remarks from other passengers.

I have flights booked for July and August, seatmap changed to eliminate booking the middle seat. What are the chances United will continue social distancing for then? Or they'll allow middle seat booking at a later date?

I have 2 CR2 flights in July. The C seats are all blocked. Except for 1A, no seats on the AB side are blocked.

Here is my flight from SFO-EWR on 2 Jun. Downsized from 777-200 to 738.
I was put in 1A
Below are seatmaps from UA site an Expertflyer
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...8c5921ce8d.jpg
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...42b9bdc549.jpg
The flight shows J2, are there actually more seats open?

The actual assigned seats probably match the ExpertFlyer map, but there are likely people without seat assignments.

This could mean the seal isn’t good i.e. poor fit - which I guess shouldn’t matter if you are using it on a flight or in public. (For your job I presume you were fit tested).

UA social distancing passengers; blocking middle seats (supposedly)
 

Per the information on the hub.united.com, UA should not currently be allowing passengers to "select" middle seats on flights through the end of May.

https://hub.united.com/united-corona...645397564.html

However, I've seen flights go out nearly full, even today. By looking at the Standby list, I can see there are passengers assigned to middle seats and they aren't just blocked. It appears they aren't denying boarding to anyone willing to take those middle seats. Does anyone happen to have any information on how or if this is being enforced? Curious more than anything else.

For example, you can look at UA2334 | PHX -> ORD | 5/4

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unit...ing-masks.html

It's not being enforced. They will happily sell those seats if they can. It's mostly for show -- people don't habitually select middle seats anyway, if they have a choice.

Thank you, missed that thread.

Believe UA is preventing the pre-assignments of middle seats to encouraging social distancing but will allow purchases that then will require at the gate the use of middles. Yes, a bit saying one thing but doing the other of needed.

Did anyone travel today? I'm curious how they handled the mask requirement. If you had your own did they just wave you on? Did they hand them out in a sealed package? Loose from a gloved employee? Thrown loose in the snack basket and passed through the cabin? :)

I just posted in the other thread about inflight service https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/32350077-post254.html
Regarding your question about masks, the GA made the announcement about the mask requirement and to notify them if they do not have a mask. The wording was something like "If you do not have a mask, please inform us and we will arrange to have someone get you a mask". It sounded like they did not have masks just sitting around and they'd have to call someone. I did not see anyone that needed to get one. On my outgoing flight (prior to the requirement), I noticed the FA offering masks. They were loose in a plastic bag and the employee was wearing gloves. On my return flight (yesterday), upon landing, the FA made an announcement that some airports require masks now and that they will not have masks for you but you can use a garment to cover your face. Strange announcement since everyone on the plane should already have a mask. They also still have the announcement about holding a tissue in front of your face or using your arm if you have to cough or sneeze.

As I noted in the other thread, about half the people removed their mask during flight. I noticed many people in the airport without masks. Nearly all pilots I've seen do not have masks on.

Generally there is a bag of surgical-type masks being stocked in the flight kits for attendants to give to any passengers without a mask, and gate agents are working to make sure everyone has a mask before boarding. As with everything UA, there isn't going to be a high level of consistency in the execution, and it will take some time for everyone to figure it out, but I do think they are mostly taking it seriously.

Thank you!

At least UA isn't charging a fee for a passenger to sit next to an empty middle seat like Frontier:

https://news.flyfrontier.com/frontie...y-middle-seat/