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During a flight change in Bush Intercontinental Airport, Obioma arrived at her row in business class to find a white passenger sitting in her assigned seat. He refused to relocate, according to the lawsuit. The flight staff attempted to resolve the conflict, but the man persisted and Obioma agreed to take his seat nearby.

Prior to takeoff, she returned from visiting the restroom and the same male passenger tried to block her access to the seat for several minutes, according to the charges. She says a United staffer named in documents as Russel H. ordered her to step off the plane, where she was told by another United agent that the pilot had asked her to exit the plane based on a complaint from the white man sitting near her her, according to the lawsuit

Of course we only have one side of the story. But if her facts are true then IMO the seat poacher is the one who should have been ejected. I find it entirely credible that a racist DYKWIA-type fabricated the whole "smell" complaint. And as noted above, I expect the FT reaction would be different had this been an FTer who was ejected from the flight because someone took his pre-assigned seat.

Moral of story: Don't agree to a seat switch.