This made my blood boil! Aside from the sheer selfishness of the ham feeling entitled to OTHER PEOPLE'S SPACE, the armrests have to be down for take off and landing by law! If a fatty EVER defies you on this, immediately complain to the attendants and insist that it's a safety issue. And, once they're down, it's pretty easy to keep them down for the rest of the flight by just leaning on them. Also "because of shrinking seat widths on planes"?! So how is it that I'm 6'4" and have no problem fitting into my seat, at least for width. The seats aren't "shrinking" that much - YOUR FAT ASS IS EXPANDING! Stupid porker.