Dont Recline (think Of People Behind)

[mrshnn]

I DONT KNOW WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK,BUT MY PET HATE IS WHEN ON A FLIGHT THE PERSON IN FRONT RECLINES ALMOST FULLY STRAIGHT AWAY,I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE A RESTRICTOR TO STOP THE RECLINE,
I FIND THE BEST THING TO DO IS DIG YOUR KNEES IN BEHIND THEY SEEM TO GET THE MESSAGE.
NOW IVE GOT THAT OFF MY CHEST,IM GOING TO LOOK FORWARD TO MY HOLIDAY,THE MORAL OF MY THREAD IS FOR PEOPLE TO BE A LITTLE CONSIDERATE BEFORE THEY RECLINE.

THANKS

 

[vicky1bfc]

Tbh it i could never work out why people moaned about other's reclining their seat's.Unti our last trip and the lady infront decided to fully recline her seat and in the process nearly took my leg off.I screamed and she pulled it back up but only for a few min's then put in back down.

 

[DTHCharlotte]

http://www.kneedefender.com/

 

[Candy]

I agree with you 100% i understand if you recline your seat at some point of a 9 hour flight. but as you say some people recline their seat as soon as they sit down.i have even seen people get out of their seat leave it in the recline posistion and stand by the exits to have long conversations with other menbers of their group.fine but why cant they just put their seat back in the upright posistion when they get up? these people are so selfish.

 

[trevorsem]

Totally agree, but it's a fact of life that people do it.

A polite word in their shell like normally does the trick.

 

[carolfoy]

I cant stand it when small children insist on reclining, i mean why??? its not like they need the room, I usually only recline if the person in front of me has and won't put his/her seat up but I always feel a wave of guilt about the poor people behind me

 

[wendye]

Hear, hear I definately agree, although I don't have a problem with the legroom (I'm only 5ft 31/2") I really dislike having the seat so close to me as it closes in the space too much. I always try not to put the seat back beyond the slight recline but when the person in front of you does this you sometimes don't have any choice. I just hope if that happens next year that I snore in the person's ear and wake them up!

 

[angel659]

I hate it aswell. What annoys me the most is your trying to eat or drink and the person in front doesnt put thier seat back. How rude! If mine is ever reclined I always makesure it is put back for meal times and never through the whole flight.

 

[eyoreaud]

I have to agree 100%!!!!!. What i don't understand is that the people who recline their seats fully before takeoff arn't always told off by cabin crew!, this has happened to me on 2 occasions, the last time it happened the woman in front of me reclined her seat with such force that she almost broke my finger and almost knocked a hot cup of coffee over me in the process!!! This is one of my pet hates (in case you hadn't noticed ) and i think new guide lines should be introdeced by the airplane owners and strictly enforced by threatening to fine these utterly thoughtless people! It's not that i'm totaly againsed people trying to sleep on long haul flights but a little common courtesy wouldn't go amiss! Iwould NEVER dream of reclining my seat untill i'd at least asked the unfortunate person behind me first! Why cant other people be more thoughtful?

Phew! I'm soooooo... glad to have got that off my chest now

Great Thread by the way!!!

Audrey.
xxxxxx

 

[Mike Jones]

..couple of points on this old chestnut - it's the seat spacing that's wrong (ie: too damn small), not the fact that the seats recline. I'm 6'3", with a long standing back complaint and, if I couldn't recline, I would be ruined before we got to the States. So, I recline - but I sit in front of my diminutive wife and 12 yr old DD, so we dpn't irritate a 3rd party. If the party in the seat in front causes me any problems, I have a polite word - never failed to get a compromise yet.

And, of course, everyone has the option of flying first or premier class if they can stomach the cost...

Mike

 

[wicket2005]

I have never reclined my seat purely because I don't want to cause a problem to the people behind me. It is extremely annoying if someone does it to you, so because I don't like it I don't do it to others.

 

[Candy]

I think people recline their seats because they can. and some people have no consideration for others.iwish the seats didnt recline then everyone would have the same seat space. and if you want more room pay for it and upgrade.

 

[XAVIER]

Thia happened to us a couple of years ago. The people in front reclined as soon as we had taken off and refused to put the seats back up even while we were eating! Even when the stewardess asked them to. The stewardess just shrugged and apologised to us saying that there was not much she could do.
In the end my two kids sat behind the offending couple and for once did not get told off for constantly fidgeting and kicking the back of the seat in front!

 

[mrshnn]

im flying with brittania this time and we got a good deal to upgrade flight £169 each for myself and wife and i managed to prebook seats so that i have no one in front of me,but even still i will not recline,i will slouch
no i think all it takes is a simple"do you mind"

 

[wendye]

Thia happened to us a couple of years ago. The people in front reclined as soon as we had taken off and refused to put the seats back up even while we were eating! Even when the stewardess asked them to. The stewardess just shrugged and apologised to us saying that there was not much she could do.
In the end my two kids sat behind the offending couple and for once did not get told off for constantly fidgeting and kicking the back of the seat in front!

Nice one That'll teach them to consider others!

 

[kevin harrison]

Thd first time I ever flew to the US, (and also was the first time in a plane) a women in front of me reclined immediatly, I had a window seat and am 6"2" so was very squashed. I just constantly banged the back of her seat with my knees, and kept catching her seat with my legs. Eventually she turned around and I think expected to find some child messing about, she was just oblivious to the person behind her and had not thought about me at all. After that she sat upright all the way.

It's for you all to decide if I was banging her chair on purpose!!!!

 

[ely3857]

Hiya

When I get on a plane I DO recline the seat, Not immediatley & I do reset when I get up. The reason I recline is because of a back issue which means I cant sit at right angles. I try not to offend anybody or get in anybodies way but please be aware not only rude people recline.



Jodie

 

[wendye]

Jodie

I don't mind the slight recline that's not so bad and that would mean you aren't at a right angle but I'm sorry I fail to see how full recline can be good for your back - it would be absolute agony for mine. However, my issue with the family we had in front of us wasn't just with one person they had even put their 3 year old's seat on full recline and this was before take off (we hadn't even sat down at that point). The situation was made worse because I had to squeeze along the 4 seats in the middle bumping my hip on the arm rests of each because we had mistaken all gone down the one aisle (well this was our first time to the US - and so far only time). Being rude is not the same as being inconsiderate anyway and unfortunately some people are both!

If there is a reason for it not being upright fair enough provided you have the decency not to put it on full recline all the time and are prepared to put it up to allow a person to exit their seat easily, eat in comfort or when you leave your seat but the ones we are discussing are those that think it is their right to have their seat on full recline all the time and "sod" the person behind - that's not just rude it's inconsiderate too! Manners don't cost anything but again unfortunately these people don't usually have any.

 

[the kabuki]

Donning suit, ready for flames...
Sorry, but I'm one of those that reclines my seat. The seats were meant to recline, they're made that way.

There was a previous thread on this that I didn't respond to. Honestly it was the first time I had even thought that others might care one way or another about this. I don't slam the seat back the second I'm on the plane. Nor at mealtimes, take off, and landing. But during the flight, yes I will recline, as the person in front of me has done 100% of the time.



Personally, if it's that big of an issue that you feel the need to scream and shout, there's always first class.

 

[wendye]

Personally, if it's that big of an issue that you feel the need to scream and shout, there's always first class.

Only if you would care to provide the extra money that costs!

As I said manners cost nothing! It is not necessary for it to be on full recline to be comfortable! Show other people the consideration you would expect or do you expect to be treated this way! If you do you have a serious problem in my opinion!