A man has been criticised for refusing to swap plane seats so a six-year-old child could sit next to his father.

He was travelling from Phoenix in the US to Minneapolis to attend his cousin’s wedding and had pre-booked a middle seat for the journey.

Upon boarding, he found himself sitting between a dad and his six-year-old son while the mother sat elsewhere on the plane.

The 22-year-old shared on Reddit: “I am a plus-sized person as I suspect this comes from fatphobia. As I got on and went to…