NEW DELHI: Welcome aboard on Flight XYZ of ABC Air… those on window and aisle seats please proceed, those on middle seats please wait for the in-flight crew to check your wraparound gowns. Strange? Yes. But may soon be true.
The muddle over the middle seat got more complicated as the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) ordered airlines to either try and keep middle seats vacant or, insist that middle seat passengers wear ‘wraparound gowns’ apart from other protective gear. Making the exercise even more muddled is the requirement that those gowns meet textile ministry standards.
