Originally Posted by
Knee Defender
Some here seem to make an argument akin to this: You have a right to board and proceed to your seat. Someone is standing in the aisle for some period of time during boarding, blocking your way to your seat. Since you have a right to proceed to your seat, you therefore have a right to push that person out of the way to exercise your right to proceed. After all, you have a ticket in hand and a seat assignment, so you must have that right. Why else would the airlines provide seat assignments and tickets?
Again, peculiar.
Using this example, you do not have the right to push the person out of the way, but you do have the right to request that they move. The person is required to move and is not allowed to block the aisle and prevent you from getting to your seat. If the person refuses to move from the aisle and prevents boarding they can be removed from the plane.
Why you would think otherwise is peculiar.