Originally Posted by AS Flyer
Amenities not withstanding, there is no possible way that ANYONE could mistake their coach seat for a F/C seat.
That is true, but look at it from the point of view of someone who does not fly very often.
He knows that if he goes to a baseball game, buys bleacher seats, and the stadium is pretty empty he can move down to the box seats after the game starts.
He also knows that if he goes to the theater, and there are better seats that are empty, the ushers won't care if he moves to them.
So he might well figure that if the F/C seats are empty he can take one.
I am not saying he is right but he may well -- in all honesty -- believe that there is no problem. I would not want to be the prosecutor who tries to convince a jury that he had any idea he was doing something criminal.