A WOMAN has sparked a debate about swapping seats on a flight with another woman and her disabled partner.
The passenger was on an American Airlines flight and had paid extra for her aisle seat.
A woman refused to give up her pre-booked seat to a disabled man’s wife (stock image)She’d already sat down and stowed away her belongings when she spotted the couple boarding the aircraft .
She soon realised that the man was unable to walk on his own, and was being aided by his partner.
She wrote on Reddit : “They stopped right next to my seat and she asked me to move so she could help him into his seat, which was not a problem.”;;
After the man took his seat, both women were standing in the aisle, which ended up holding up the boarding process.
She added: “She asked me to switch seats with her, but her seat was 24B â a middle seat further back.
“I said no, but she says he needs help getting up if he needs to use the restroom, so she needs my seat.
“But I still say no because I paid extra for the seat upgrade and sit back down.”;;
The woman explained that the man sat next to her and watched films on his phone during the 90-minute flight with no issues.
The woman received a lot of support from other people including one who wrote: “I won’t say she’s an a******, but giving up their seat clearly would’ve meant something to that couple”;;.
Someone else said: “They are definitely not a selfless or kind person either, would it have killed her to move?”;;
Someone else said: “A disabled person shouldn’t have to pay extra for their caregiver to be with them.”;;
But some users disagreed with the couple: “This woman’s attitude is ridiculous â unless the man has seizures, or some other condition that requires immediate intervention, there is no reason to babysit an adult.”;;
It isn’t the first time something like this has happened â another woman refused to trade plane seats with a mum who’d been separated from her child.
And one passenger has divided opinions online after refusing to move from her seat to allow her family to sit together.
A mum has revealed how she gets passengers to swap seats without causing any problems during a flight.
People were divided about whether she should have moved (stock image)
