Originally Posted by
Final 3 Greens
Unbelievable. The only party in the wrong was the airline, for not knowing how many seats v pax were available and boarding 2 more bums than pax seats. The situation should have been resolved in line with EC261/2004 denied boarding rules, at check in, which would have involved asking for volunteers before involuntary action and then getting them home on another flight.
You, erm, failed to acknowledge the entire paragraph where I referenced that this would've (and was) the correct course of action, but unfortunately missed on this occasion.