We always book seats 48 J,K & H When available (booked them for 1st August 2008) Easter we are sitting at the back in 2 rows of 2 as there will be 4 of us.
Had these seats about 8 times now, just once we could not recline as much, other 7 could recline as much if not more than a normal seat. We like being right next to the drinks, just stand up and they are there all flight.
The time we could not recline I wonder if it was a diffent plane to normal, not sure.