Reply To: Airline seating alerts

Asking someone to move from a window/aisle seat to a middle seat to avoid sitting next to a woman (or portion thereof since Reb Yosef seems fixated on fingers) itself is assur since it constitutes tzar ba’alei chayim for flights of an hour or longer. Just use the eyemask that routinely is included with the amenities bag all airlines provide and wear it for the duration of the flight (except for getting up to daven and visits to the lav).