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"Personally I don't think it's right for someone to take a first class seat if they don't belong there, but I also don't think it's right for another passenger to turn them in. It should be the FA's duty to check the manifest and reconcile. It's only a few rows of seat -- shouldn't be so difficult!"
I disagree, and I'm afraid I have been guilty of "grassing someone up". In January this year I was travelling with BA from Montreal-Heathrow in Business class. I had a bulkhead aisle seat (10B?). As boarding was finishing three "gentlemen" who were, shall we say, in boisterous spirits boarded. The FA on the door checked their tickets, and directed them to the back of the plane. However, as they walked through the half-full club cabin one of them said "this'll do - sshhh" and they sat down quietly, two in the centre seats 1 row behind and across the aisle from me, the other at the back and across the cabin. The FA must have suspected something was going on, and she looked down the aisle from the galley. I knew that she couldn't see them from where she was standing, but I caught her eye and very slowly shook my head. She nodded, then came back and asked to see the boarding cards of the two nearest me. They asked to stay in "their" seats till after take-off, but the FA refused and they reluctantly moved. The third stayed put, till the FA did a head-count and was caught too.
OK, it's not my job to get people moved, but a) I had paid; and b) didn't fancy a 7 hour flight near them when they'd had a few more drinks. This is not to say that I've got anything against anyone (self included) having more than a few drinks. Its just the resulting behaviour can be difficult to ignore from 1 row away.
Later in the flight I walked down the plane to stretch my legs, and must admit a
smile crossed my face when I saw that economy was packed
I'd be interested to know what other FF's would have done. Would you have ignored it and maybe paid the price for 7 hours?
[This message has been edited by bulkhead (edited 09-04-2000).]