Originally Posted by
canadiancow
That happened to me once. Lots of flying of the same aircraft type, always in the same seat, and one day I boarded while exhausted, sat down, and somewhat overheard a "commotion" between another pax and the FA. The FA came over, asked if he could see my boarding pass, I pulled it out, said "oh crap, sorry", and moved to the seat across the aisle.
2A is "my seat" in F... except when it isn't. Most of my trips are 2A->2A outbound and 2A->2A return. On those occasions where someone else got to booking 2A before I did it takes a conscious effort to not slip into that seat on boarding. Usually I do one last glance at the BP before sliding into the row to confirm seat and more than once I've caught myself just in the nick of time (When I'm in 2F seem to be my closest calls)
There's a difference, IMO, between a poacher and inadvertent mistake -- premeditated seaticide vs. involuntary seat-slaughter, perhaps?