Originally Posted by
LTN Phobia
I think I made it abundantly clear in my post that it did not justify his behaviour... In fact I went as far to say that I'd have challenged him on his behaviour.
You did indeed. You simply proposed a more empathetic approach and, to me at least, a rather too submissive response (apologizing to him for the disturbance) in an attempt to defuse the situation. After all, everyone's going to be sharing a narrow tube for hours. It's not the way I'd approach it.
Some people think accommodation is equivalent to capitulation. I don't share that view.