I have a “hack” for someone that does that. It’s called “alerting the flight attendant”.
my little rule is this: I never recline my seat, until the person in front of me reclines his.
I forget, do those things turn 360? turn yours on and point it back at them...
I know I’m living in a foreign country. It’s just click bait but still the aholes are coming out of the woodwork.
airplane seats don’t recline enough to really bother me. Moreover, I just then recline mine.
Its called “not being a snowflake.”
I hate when people put their hands on the back of their seat and cover my TV. But it’s nothing a bead of mayonnaise doesn’t fix.
I am on business travel today. I thought of that on the flight out to my work location. Some “person” decided he had to put his head in my lap - i also had a hot cup of coffee - I don’t think he realized how precarious the situation actually was.
If the seat is designed to recline then that space belongs to the person in that seat. Your space is behind you, recline yours if you want to claim it. It’s unbelievable to me that some jerks think they should be able to prevent the person in front of them from using the seat they paid for. They need to get a life.
The only way to fix this is for Joe to have an executive order forcing airlines to give enough leg room to stretch completely out and lie flat if need be to sleep.
It’s the only way.
"Can't we all get along?"
F’ air travel.. and F’ TSA, after years of travel all over the world and nearly a million miles on then Northwest alone not to mention all the other airlines and the thousands of hours in military aircraft I quit flying in 2012. I would have taken military Space A but not in today’s military.
I’d rather walk across America then fly and with all the delays and azzholes you deal with it might not be quicker but far more relaxing.
Understand the frustration but this is childish.
My preference would be for the airlines to modify the seats so they won’t tilt back at all but I don’t see that happening.
People now use the word "hack" to mean simple tips. I guess because the word makes them feel savvy and smart.
I've seen articles on the Daily Mail in which women brag about "hacks" that simple require you to press a little known button on some device or other -- something anyone would know if they read the manual.
In the days when smoking was allowed on airplanes, I used to point the air blower behind me to create a wall of air that would keep the smoke from wafting towards me.
It wasn't a foolproof solution, but I convinced myself that it worked enough that it was better to do it than not.
-PJ
A “hack”?
Sadly, flying has become a dehumanizing experience, starting with the departing airport, the arrival airport, and everything in between.
Just eat a triple-portion of Taco bell a couple hours before your flight...
I believe reclining your seat back is rude and intrusive in today’s tiny coach seating, and I never do it to the personb behind me. That said, I can’t blame anyone else for using a button that the airlines provide them - their airline, their rules. I only fly coach for flights of 3 hours or less, and I can put up with someone leaning their seat back into my lap for that long - it’s not worth the elevated blood pressure to get upset about. For longer flights, I get business class seats.