Originally Posted by platbrownguy

Welcome to FT!

Good point -- I've never stopped to count the seats, but I always kind of think in the back of my mind "people get out of the way, why don't you sit down, etc." and maybe they just can't. I either wait in the AC or arrive so close to departure that I walk onto the plane, but I forget that lots of people still arrive one or two hours before their flight with the expectation of sitting and waiting some place.