Posted on 08/26/2014 2:37:43 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Flying is already a pain. But a story from the Associated Press Tuesday really brings home the point: The wire service reports that an entire plane was diverted on Sunday after a fight broke out over a passenger's right to recline her seat.
The AP explains:
"The spat began on United Airlines Flight 1462 because one passenger was using the Knee Defender, a $21.95 lock that attaches to a tray table and jams the reclining mechanism of the seat in front. "The male passenger, seated in a middle seat of Row 12, used the device to stop the woman in front of him from reclining while he was on his laptop, according to a law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
"A flight attendant asked him to remove the device and he refused. The woman then stood up, turned around and threw a cup of water at him, the official said."
(Excerpt) Read more at npr.org ...
The US airlines will do as the Europeans have done and that is to stop the seats from reclining. The narrow seating and tight knees for so many of us is enough to put up with without a reclining seatback in my personal space. That is near the top of my aggravation list when flying.
Either ban them completely or allow unfettered use of them. Don’t ask someone who is using it to remove it. Why is the front passenger’s right to recline any more important than the rear passenger’s right to not have his space infringed upon?
I once had a woman bitch at me because she couldn’t recline her seat without hitting my knees. At 6’ 2” there wasn’t a whole lot I could about it.
plastic and metal, it could be involved.
It’s the airlines’ fault for cramming so many people into such tight spaces. It’s a wonder we don’t have more “air rage” incidents like this.
Do people still recline on passnger airlines? I have a solution to anyone who would do that, and its free! (Kick the back of their seat every 3 seconds)
But I’ve never had to do that. I’ve never had someone rude enough to invade my space like that.
That is what needs to happen. Sadly.
If possible avoid Boeing aircraft. Their seats are crap. Airbus uses much better seats.
I was on a flight once and had the aisle seat in the last row. The flight was full. After takeoff, I started up a conversation with the guy sitting next to me. He said he had just gotten married and they couldn’t get 2 seats together and she was in tears about 10 rows up. I said, “I can fix this.”, gathered my stuff, and went up to where the bride was sitting. I told her I knew of a guy in the last row who would like to sit next to his bride. She got up, gave me a hug and hurried back to sit with her husband. I sat down next to 2 women. One of them says, “What a nice thing to do.” I said, “Not really. This seat reclines.”
But the Boeing seats are more likely to remain at desired altitude.
Almost EVERYBODY still reclines their seats.
That’s why they designed them that way.
Well played, Sir.
When she persisted to slam, I started slamming back, and she finally gave up.
When there is a cute chick behind me, I remove two bolts and I can recline my seat all the way so my head is in her lap.
Of course I do. I paid for that seat, it has a reclining button, I use it, and woe to anyone who begs to differ. If you don't like it, move to First Class. I of course have to accommodate those in front of me who choose to recline their seat, that's the way it works.
By the way, I avoid those seat in front of an exit row that do not recline, you could easily choose the seats immediately behind that row and be comfortable in the knowledge that those people are going to be in the full and upright position for the entire flight.
And I paid for my seat, my tray table and the space in front of me.
And any A-hole that would be so rude as to invade that space will soon un-recline himself.
This device is not FAA approved and changes the design intent and does not have the proper paperwork aka a "337" or a "Supplemental Type Certificate" STC in essence it may render the aircraft "Experimental" without the proper certification and paperwork.
I wonder if the FAA will come down on this device like a ton of bricks...
As close as the seats are these days, if you reclined that far, you'd be resting your head in the lap of the guy behind her.
I don’t recline my seat. It seems inconsiderate to me.
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