United Airlines Flight Attendant Threatens Passengers Over Armrests: Whose Space Is It Anyway?
A United Airlines passenger reports that on a recent flight, a flight attendant announced rules for using the armrests. And the flight attendant actually got it wrong.
In economy on a domestic (narrowbody mainline aircraft flight) there are generally three seats on each side of the plane. Correct default armrest allocation is as follows:
- The passenger at the window gets the armrest next to the window
- The passenger at the aisle gets the armrest next to the aisle
- The passenger in the middle gets two armrests
Also, for the enterprising amongst you, armrests can be shared using an armrest divider.
According to this announcement, however, no passenger is entitled to more than one armrest.
- The middle seat passenger gets the one next to the window seat passenger
- The aisle seat passenger gets the one between them and the middle seat…
