To recline or not??????

But now people are out there saying you need to ask if it's OK with the person in back of you to recline your seat. Really?????

One of the flights I was just on - the woman in my row was asked by the person in back of her to not recline her seat because his knees were up against the back. She put her seat in the upright position. I'm not sure what my response would have been - I can be a smart ass and sometimes it's best if I keep my mouth shut but I don't think I would have moved my seat upright. Again - if you can't fit in economy then that's your problem, not mine.

While I agree the airline is responsible for cramming people in so tightly, I paid for a seat that reclines - i pay extra for advance seat selection to make sure I have one along with an aisle seat. There are some areas of the plane where it isn't possible for a seat to recline, so if it is a problem for someone then I feel they should select one of those seats. People who book bare bones fares with no advance seat selection should not complain about what they end up with.

I honestly don't feel I'm being selfish to expect to get what I paid for.

If my seat reclines, I'm reclining it. If the person if front of me's seat reclines and they recline it, I fully support them reclining it if they wish.

how much extra is biz class? as a percentage?
and how come you used it to get to Morroco - thats next door :p

That's not a problem with bulkhead because nobody is in front of you. With exit rows, the seats in front of the rows don't recline at all. With premium economy there is enough space that it really does make a huge difference if someone reclines. I only book that on long flights.

Getting rid of reclining seats all together would be a big hit on long hauls - so what is your answer to that?

And no, the guy in back of the woman was an ass hole. Consideration for others goes both ways. I really would have pissed him off. I can sleep through anything, so I would have just gone to sleep and let him pound away - guarantee his hand would have given out before I did.

What about huge people who spill over into my space? One of the reasons I always book an aisle seat, but there really should be a rule about this as well, but it won't happen because they would scream discrimination and make a terrible fuss.

The airlines need to do away with reclining seats.

I've taken several buss tours in Europe and they always have reclining seats and I don't recall this ever being an issue. Spending 12-14 days on the road with the same group and eating meals with them - you would think someone would mention it if it was a problem.

What do you mean cars don't have reclining seats?

I've taken two really long flights - Detroit to Beijing - 14 hours and JFK to Johannesburg, South Africa - almost 16 hours. Trust me - everyone was reclining their seats.