its made the Irish media now.....
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/irel...10490?mode=amp
Seriously this is the sort of BS that will wind up with them being more regulated. Splitting up families and the like on purpose. Doesn't take much before some politician takes up a 'popular' drive to put manners on them and mandate seat reservation be included for free with all fares.
Just happened to me!
I have a return flight to Dublin (average flight time is 35 minutes on this route, so I didn't bother pay for seats) and checked in online for both passengers (both people on the same ticket) and on both sectors we are 15-20 rows apart... I am not impressed!