Originally Posted by
upinsmoke
You're right. Your flight should have been delayed or cancelled so that mechanics could fix the small panel that became unglued, and which had zero impact on your use of the seat.
Delayed or cancelled so the seat could be glued or at the very least taped back together? I would imagine in the 2+ hours the aircraft was on the ground being cleaned someone could have identified the issue and rectified it without the customer ever noticing.