“I can have the captain on duty call airport security and have them removed before we push back from the gate,” Sarah whispered firmly the moment Leo reached her. “We can clear them out in ten minutes, Leo. Nobody gets away with taking your seat.” Sarah also knew that Julian had spent his first ten minutes on board introducing himself warmly to the junior crew members, casually dropping the name of Richard, the airline’s former CEO, into conversation like a shield against company rules.
“What were their original ticketed seats?” Leo asked quietly, leaning against the galley counter. Sarah checked her master galley touchscreen. “They were assigned to 3C and 3D, standard first class. But the moment they left them vacant, the computer automatically reassigned those seats to upgrade two lucky economy passengers. 3C and 3D are completely full.”