@ giggity, No, I meant is it allowed to physically remove an entire seat row from the aircraft without specific permission, (not just render it inop with placards, but leave in place, as the MEL states)?
@ FrequentSLF, No one is forcing you to read this thread. This case is unusual in that two seat backs are completely absent rather than being present but inop. Trains and buses do not have such highly enforced passenger safety procedures as aircraft.