Baaaah. How’s the grass up there in the meadow?
I still have my teeth and no concussion. How about you?
There is a time to fight and a time not to fight, and unless some dire stake is on the line, it is not worth getting badly hurt for something stupid like an airline seat, especially when you cannot get what you want no matter how it works out.
Beat the guards and they will send more. The one thing you will not do at that point is be left alone.