Originally Posted by
jwhite9185
Had exactly that happen on a flight back from BRU on Saturday evening. I was in 8F, could see from expertflyer that 8E was blocked and 8D was taken. Boarding was complete, doors closed and someone decided they wanted to sit in 8E. Not sure if it was off his own back or he asked the crew to be honest, but either way his boarding pass had 22A on it.
What made matters worse was he then decided to sit diagonally, so the guy in the aisle had to make do with his feet, where as I had the pleasure of his elbow.
Least it was only a 40 minute flight.
To me, this is just strange and there's no legislating for the strangeness of fellow travelers, unfortunately. I feel if you are the only person in the exit row you should probably expect someone to try to move into the seat at the other end and have no right to expect it to be kept empty unless you've paid for it. Why someone would deliberately move themselves to a middle seat between two other people I have no idea, however.