Might want to think twice before reclining that seat!

[kaytieeldr]

I recline my seat as soon as take off is completed. We have precious little space and I hate sitting bolt upright. I fully expect the passenger in front of me to do the same so he/she will also be more comfortable. If everyone does the same, everyone has EXACTLY the same amount of space as if nobody reclines anything.

There are generally a couple/few rows on each plane where the seats don't recline. Do you make any consideration for those passengers if you're seated in the row in front of them?

Start working out so you can go from sitting to standing without assistance OR USE YOUR OWN ARMREST!

Hey! Don't you yell at me, Missy! I can't do that. What I can do, though, is politely let the person in front of me know that I'll need to use the top of their seat to get up. I don't pull on it, just use it for balance - and nobody's ever gotten mad at me. Could be the way I ask, or the limp, or the cane/crutch...

 

[aubriee]

There are generally a couple/few rows on each plane where the seats don't recline. Do you make any consideration for those passengers if you're seated in the row in front of them?


Hey! Don't you yell at me, Missy! I can't do that. What I can do, though, is politely let the person in front of me know that I'll need to use the top of their seat to get up. I don't pull on it, just use it for balance - and nobody's ever gotten mad at me. Could be the way I ask, or the limp, or the cane/crutch...

If I knew someone's seat behind me didn't recline, then no I wouldn't recline. I also would never try to recline my seat if the person behind me had a lap baby. However, otherwise I am reclining. I don't like to fly, so I like to get on as soon as possible and then as soon as possible recline my seat and try to go to sleep.

I'd have no problem with someone using my head rest if they need to. What does irritate me is someone who gets up every few minutes for one reason or another, forcing me to get up and let them by if they are sitting next to me. If it's so important that you must talk to someone in your party every five minutes then you should have paid for your seats so you could sit next to them. Last Dec I was sitting next to a lady who during a 2 1/2 hour flight got up twice to go the restroom, three times to go talk to her husband, twice to go check on her mom, once to rifle through her carryon (didn't get anything out of it, just rifled through it), and once to go up front to talk to the flight attendants to ask how how much longer the flight was and what the weather in Orlando was like. She also wouldn't quit talking to me, even though she could see I was trying to go to sleep. She was like a cat on hot tin roof or a nervous cat in a room full of rocking chairs. For some reason she just couldn't stay seated and kept trying to climb over me every few minutes. Getting up nine times during a 2 1/2 hour flight was ridiculous.

 

[LidoDeck]

There are generally a couple/few rows on each plane where the seats don't recline. Do you make any consideration for those passengers if you're seated in the row in front of them?

I am very careful to choose a seat that DOES recline. If others want a seat behind one that does not, they can take responsibility and be equally careful. Sitting bolt upright is uncomfortable for me and I will use the little bit of recline that is offered by the airline seats. I think a passenger must have some kind of nerve to ask the one in front of then to not recline. Sheeeshh...

 

[n2mm]

Some seats recline quite a bit, even in business and first class. However, as long as the airlines provide reclining seats, people have a right to recline.

That's my thought too! If the airline wishes to stop them from reclining then they will. I recline my seat (when it's working). I don't recline the full amount, but I do slightly. After back surgery a few years ago it helps. I try to be mindful to the person behind me.

 

[goofy4tink]

Basically, it all comes down to common sense and common courtesy. The problem is that 'common' isn't so common anymore.
Sure you can recline your seat. But please, check behind you first. If you find that the tray is being used or the person is bending down to get something, or is very tall..recline slowly. Do not just slam backwards. People do that to my dh all the time...and at 6'4'', he has very long legs. He is always being slammed into...the person reclining in front of him can't figure out why the seat is being hindered. Oh, it's just dh's knees.

If you are courteous, then you will be met with courteous responses.

 

[keishashadow]

Last flight on SWA i had a repeated, vigorous seat kicker behind me, who appeared to be 4-ish in age. From past experience, all it takes is a few well timed stands & looks back over the seat and the parents 'get it'. This time they didn't and despite my request and explanation that I have back issues, the kicker persisted. the FA was summoned, her solution was to move the child to another seat in their rowworked for me. On the way out FA suggested to me that in the future, a full recline typically will settle the problem.

 

[glen65]

Basically, it all comes down to common sense and common courtesy. The problem is that 'common' isn't so common anymore.
Sure you can recline your seat. But please, check behind you first. If you find that the tray is being used or the person is bending down to get something, or is very tall..recline slowly. Do not just slam backwards. People do that to my dh all the time...and at 6'4'', he has very long legs. He is always being slammed into...the person reclining in front of him can't figure out why the seat is being hindered. Oh, it's just dh's knees.

If you are courteous, then you will be met with courteous responses.

Couldn't agree more. Most people don't seem to have any common sense or courtesy.

 

[Uncleromulus]

To send a message, I think the clown who started the fight should have been prosucuted. Disorderly conduct, if nothing else. Certainly assault.

Letting him off scott free after all that is a mistake....

 

[kaytieeldr]

I am very careful to choose a seat that DOES recline. If others want a seat behind one that does not, they can take responsibility and be equally careful. Sitting bolt upright is uncomfortable for me and I will use the little bit of recline that is offered by the airline seats. I think a passenger must have some kind of nerve to ask the one in front of then to not recline. Sheeeshh...

But it's not always by choice. The seats in front of an exit row don't recline; neither do the seats in front of a wall. Often, those aren't occupied by choice or, if they're preselected, the passenger didn't know they were going to be trapped by the seat in front of them.

Doesn't bother me; I select my airline and seat carefully, and when I can, take advantage of nobody wanting those 'red-light' seatguru seats but then, my airline likes its passengers.