Did the guy have his seat reclined?
If I had been there I would have applauded the woman when she doused him with water.
The guy is an asshole and the cabin crew should have ordered him to remove that contraption.
And Miss 11B’s stronger position was forfeited when she moved the conflict from Mr. 12B and the stewardess to Mr. 12B and Miss 11B, with Miss 11B throwing the water.
Reclining one’s seat on a daytime flight of less than 6 hrs duration is rude. Hope the lady gets criminally charged for assaulting the guy.
This is why liberals support Islam because it would stop arguments like this by having the woman removed from the plane and stoned to death.
Damn silly children!
The first three posters here must be short people. If you are over six feet tall like I am, a reclining seat in front of you on an airliner is murder to your knees and makes for a very uncomfortable flight, that I paid good money for. One of many reasons that I will never fly again.
Anyone who reclines their seat more than a couple of inches should be thrown off the plane while it is in flight.
Seats on planes with no legroom should not recline. Period!
You shouldn’t interfere with the person in front of you, that’s just being a douchebag and the airlines should not allow it
I used to love commercial air travel. Few things give me a visceral rush like tens of thousands of pounds of controlled thrust provided by a Rolls-Royce or General Electric turbofan engine off the runway. Now I absolutely detest it. Treated like a goddammed criminal, felt-up, and loaded on a tube like freight.
I just wish people who are 5’2” would realize and that some of the other people who fly are 6’2”. There is nothing fun about having your legs cramping because the seat back in front of you is smashing your knees and you cannot move them around at all.
I wonder if “Knee Defender” has nice, smooth, rounded edges so that it doesn’t cause damage or pain when the passenger in the seat in front of you transforms it into “Involuntary Buttplug”?
It appears that you have to lower your tray in order to use the knee defender.
And after this story became public, it looks like kneedefender.com is being overwhelmed by traffic.
I have to wonder what the FAA thinks of these devices. I would certainly request to move to another seat if someone next to me started installing a modification that holds the tray in the down position. Worse, it looks like the devices can only be removed by a key - quick, we’re about to go down into the ocean, please find the key to remove these devices that make it harder for me to leave the plane before it sinks...
For those who desire knee room, please choose seats right behind the emergency exit rows on the wings. Those seats do not recline, and virtually every airline lets you pick your particular seats these days. Or even better yet, choose an airline that gives you the right amount of legroom.
She shouldn’t have thrown water in his face. He would have been justified in retaliating by throwing acid in her face, but he probably didn’t have any and it’s hard to get any during a flight.
An airline should have a policy that will give everyone reasonable comfort. If not, we will goto an airline that does.
Damn airlines. Whoever designs these planes should be made to sit in the middle seat in coach for hours. The space we’re given is getting smaller and smaller and I’m only 5’1”, but my husband is 6 ft tall. Now they even switch seats on you even after you’ve already picked your seats.
I do miss the days of traveling by trains and civilized passengers.