I didn't think that it had to be said
, but we HAD walked the length of the plane and back, nicely asking if people would be willing to move over. I may be from NY but I'm not completely rude
The problem was that most people had taken the window and aisle so only single middle seats were open & none of them were wanting to give up an aisle or window to have to sit in the middle seat. It was very crowded as the Orlando Predators arena league football team was on the flight.
I was told on our last Southwest flight that we would not be separated because any child under 12 had to be seated with an accompanying adult for safety reasons, in the event of an emergency the accompanying adult would be responsible for caring for them (oxygen etc).