On the other hand...
As someone who is 5’18” I couldn’t care less if airlines went out of business. Or just put me on the no-fly list Please.
The air lines detest tall people and fat people.
YOu gots to be average. Do not stand out.
Sounds like Orwell 1984
Yet another reason I drive long distances instead of fly.
Too bad. You buy a ticket on a flying Greyhound and you can’t expect luxury. I had no idea you could purchase extra legroom, im sure this guy didnt either. Planes and airports are dehumanizing and plain awful.
To the poster asking if he was the unreasonable one, I would say, yes you were being unreasonable. Once you saw the predicament each man was randomly stuck in, there was little to be gained by you “chiding” or fussing at the tall guy. Yes, it would have been wiser for him to buy a seat with more leg room, but this flight was only 90 minutes, so just hush and deal with it.
There should be no reclining.
They’ll blast at the tall guy, but say nothing to the 400-lb. pig whose mounds of fat spill over into the space next to them? As for the tall guy not wanting the one in front of him reclining, I don’t blame him a bit. Those damned reclining seats are a further invasion of already-scarce space.
I have a 34” inseam.
I don’t fly.
Problem solved.
I had the unfortunate experience of sitting behind a man on a small aircraft. Not only did he recline his seat, but he was also wearing a 10-gallon cowboy hat, which pretty much touched my face as he reclined.
I think somebody who fits out of the norm should bear some responsibility in ensuring their own comfort. If heavy-set people expect to pay for two seats, a tall person should be requesting a seat on the wing or emergency exit or in the front row of the economy class seats.
On the other hand...
I’ve gotten stuck beside obese people ( it’s awful - when you can actually feel their blubber ON your seat!! )
and then, there are those crying babies....make ‘em stop !! ( we all put up with that )
the worst was someone beside me on an International flight, pre 2020, coughing, sneezing, nose-blowing, for 12 hours.
commercial airline travel is challenging...
I haven’t flown in a while. I didn’t think the seats reclined more than an inch. Like a joke. Or maybe I don’t know how to recline them correctly. Or was flying to cheap of seats to get the reclining ones. 😆
I’m fairly tall. Since retiring every place I want to go or person I want to see is well within driving distance.
Last times I flew in 2019 and 2020 I bought business class. I won’t fly any other way. Ni prefer not to fly all
Obviously he was a tall white guy. Otherwise, nothing would have been said.
Before the thieving airlines started charging for things like exit seats will show the flight attendants my Fire department Id to get a exit seat with more leg room as am 6 ‘ 5”
The flight attendants were happy to someone responsible there in case of emergency
I’m 5’2”, and I feel squished when I fly. I can’t even imagine what you taller folks have to endure.
(1) How do you buy extra legroom on a plane with stationary seats?
(2) I haven’t been on a plane in a long time with seats that recline more than 2”, if at all.
People who recline should be shot.
I’m short and don’t appreciate the loss of what little space the airline allots me during the flight.
The bigger issue is fat people who squish you out of your seat of which there are far more than extremely tall people.
That said, I would only fly any more in a life or death situation.