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#TRAVEL: These are the rules about the ARMREST. PERIOD. END OF STORY.

Attention TRAVELERS who are flying ANYWHERE coming up...

You may have been hearing that as people are coming out of their COVID-induced confinement and taking once again to the skies, in-flight incidents of fights, arguments, crazy scenes and general unruly behavior are at surprisingly high levels. While some of these are mask- and booze-related, there’s still classic in-flight conflict subjects — like armrest allocation.

The thing about armrest territorial disputes is that this should be a very solved problem. In case you somehow aren’t aware, there are rules.

The need for this was made clear by a recent incident where an actual physical fight broke out because of an armrest/elbow control conflict.

Here are the rules, reminded to us by Jalopnik.com on Monday of this week...

• Aisle — This seat gets the outside armrest only. The aisle seat enjoys free access to leave the row to use the bathroom, considerable stretching room on the aisle side, and the most open feel of the row. The responsibilities of the aisle seat are to get up to allow your row-mates access to bathrooms or the rest of the aircraft.

• Window — This seat gets the wall-side armrest. The window seat has, of course, the window, which reveals the miracle of heavier-than-air flight to those who are still capable of feeling such joys, hence why it’s the most popular seat choice for children. The wall also offers valuable lean-against-to-sleep options, and a modicum of privacy. The downsides are you’re just as trapped as the middle seat, and you may be asked to adjust the window shade, which you really should comply with if requested reasonably.

• Center — This seat gets the both armrests. The center seat has none of the benefits of the aisle or window, and as such is compensated with the use of both the armrests that border the seat. It is generally agreed to be the worst seat in the row, and as such deserves the compensatory extra armrest.

Any objections? Well, keep yourself calm and behave, because if you act up, it will no doubt extend the ban on booze and such whilst people are in flight... and some of us would like to use our Southwest Air Drink Tickets... just saying...


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