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Originally Posted by
Random_Flyer
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.
Well, we are in agreement as far as you go. But, note two things. First, where we diverge is that a seated person with long legs generally cannot
move them as one would step aside from blocking the aisle. And, that brings me to my second point.
As to the person in the aisle that I mentioned, you wrote "they can be removed", not that
you could move them.^ Exactly.
If
you recline
your seat into someone's knees then
you are trying to move them. You may say that that person's knees should not be there. And, for sake of discussion, let's say that you are right about that. Nevertheless, as long as those knees are there
you don't have a right to move them -- just as
you don't have a right to move someone out of the aisle. That was my point. Hope that helps.