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Originally Posted by The PMII Hypothesis
Yeah **** United. They have on their site from less than two weeks ago they were removing the middle seats. How the hell did they go ahead and fill every seat anyways? I wouldn’t be worried about the air as much as the person next to me inevitably touching me and shedding any virus they have. I won’t be flying United anytime soon. My brothers still fly for work and said every plane is a damn near empty on SW.
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A United spokesman declined to comment on how many people were on Weiss' flight, saying that it "did have a higher than average load factor but it still departed with empty seats."
United Airlines recently announced that it was making some middle seats unavailable for passengers to select. But the company said it was also not reducing capacity on flights, so a passenger could be seated in a middle or adjacent seat if necessary.
"Though we cannot guarantee that all customers will be seated next to an unoccupied seat, based on historically low travel demand and the implementation of our various social distancing measures that is the likely outcome," the airline said in a statement to CNN.
The flight had "an additional 25 medical professionals on board who were flying for free" and all passengers and employees were asked to wear face coverings, the airline said in a statement.
The spokesperson added that most of the airline's flights are operating at less than half capacity and that passengers can rebook if they feel their safety is in jeopardy.