Whoa, not quite! Maybe on a few of the older tail numbers. I just did a very nice leg to a certain Pacific island and it was quite the opposite of your blocked middle seat experience (apart from having my "mom" keeping a sharp eye on everyone's booze intake. She was running the forward section.) There was a separate cabin with two by two seating with decent leg room, free stuff and a meal. (well sorta kinda...It wasn't much of a culinary achievement to be truthful.) Their (WS') B787s have lie flat pods and if you were to have a look at their website it shows all the improvements they've made to at least make the appearance of an attempt to "keep up with the Joneses". I don't work for the company and if I had a choice I would take the so called competition but let's give some credit where it's due.