To be fair, the passenger thought he bought a "ticket", a fungible item which allowed the bearer transport. What he did was enter into a contractual agreement w

To be fair, the passenger thought he bought a "ticket", a fungible item which allowed the bearer transport. What he did was enter into a contractual agreement with an airline and the post-9/11 security infrastructure that expects passengers to shut up and obey. It's easy to make this mistake. The airlines still call them "tickets".