Jack ...once upon a time that wouldn't have been a problem for me....nowadays however I would ask for a written application to move seats with an associated surcharge applicable by a 50% refund of my fare and an inconvenience surcharge equal to but exceeding 75% of my companions fare...in lieu of moving to business class seats at no extra charge....subject to my whim.
Isn't that how it works now?
Balance the plane indeed.
If that doesn't work I'd ask the hostie if she would care to go and "stabilise my aircraft"
in the mile high club"...if not then I'm staying put.
JohnDF
I apologize, I stuck my foot in my mouth so to speak. I'm all hat and no horse these days. And any man puts family first deserves much respect, my hat off to you. I'll be the first to say I'm no cowboy in the sense of you or Horsewright, I've never been that caliber. I usually tell people I'm a plain country boy not a cowboy. But I have slung many a bale of hay, plowed plenty of dirt, hoed more corn than I want to recall,hand shucked and shelled feed corn that we grew. And chopped holes in ice of the water cistern for the cows b4 school, while my sister fed them. I carried a Vic camping model back then, what did you like to carry in your cowboying days
in other words, peace brother, lets enjoy our pocket knives
Just for objecting to being treated like ballast rather than a passenger! 
