Flight passenger 'framed' as a seat squatter, triggering reactions on social media

As more flyers discuss pesky seat squatters on social media, one passenger claims he or she was falsely accused of attempting the travel trend.

Posted in the "r/delta" forum on Reddit, a user shared a story about becoming an "accidental" airplane seat squatter.

"When I went to row 29, someone was in my seat and showed her boarding pass, confirming it was her seat," the post read.

The user then called over the flight attendant (FA) and was reassigned to Comfort +.

"A different FA came over and loudly scolded me 'WHO told you you can sit there?!? Your ticket doesn't even say comfort+!!!'" the user wrote.

"Basically after a whole commotion I was reseated for a third time, and frankly felt kind of p----- for being framed as some seat squatter when I was just following directions," the post concluded.

The term "seat squatters" has been used to refer to those who rob the seats that were selected and paid for by other travelers.

"I think the worst part of this is that the FAs reseat without filling in the other FAs, so then it's chaos," one user wrote.

"Not your fault at all and you did nothing wrong," a comment said.

"The right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing," one wrote.

"Sounds like something a squatter would say," a person joked.

"I did something like that recently, right seat, wrong row.," another said.

"[Squatter] encounters often lead to delays that often cascade, leading to missed connections and frustrated passengers throughout the cabin," Blewett said.

"Let the flight attendant handle it. Nobody wants to go viral in a reel titled, 'Passenger meltdown at 30,000 feet,'" he added.

"If the seat squatter refuses to move, do not engage; do not recruit other passengers to rally," Randall told Fox News Digital in January.