[leadpencil1]

Had to laugh when I saw this. At 6'7", I have and use my very own built in "Knee Defender" and have many a good story to tell. Once someone tries to recline their seat and can't (because my knees are holding it upright), they never try again for the rest of the flight.

[mewzilla]

Lack of legroom is the biggest reason I go out of my way to avoid flying. It's just too darned uncomfortable.

[EggsAckley]

I'm betting that airport security won't let this gadget on the planes.

[newgeezer]

Once someone tries to recline their seat and can't (because my knees are holding it upright), they never try again for the rest of the flight.

Knowing the seats in front of the exit row don't recline, I'll request an exit row seat when booking a flight.

[1rudeboy]

Do I have this straight? You can prevent someone from reclining in front of you, but you can recline yourself? Somebody's cruisin' for a bruisin'.

[Rogle]

The one problem with flying first class is that besides the pilots you a few of the first at the scene of an accident.

[Some hope remaining.]

How will anyone know the difference? The seats only recline a couple inches anyway. ;^)

[sirshackleton]

I checked out how this thing works at the guys site and it is a pretty clever invention, but I'm not so sure it's all that great of an idea. It looks like would make it difficult to get the tray table upright quickly and in an emergency it seems like that would be somewhat of a hurdle to get over, especially if that bad boys is wedged in there good and tight.

Plus, if you had one of these things installed and someone needed to get to you for some reason (say you were choking during the inflight meal or something like that), a flight attendant would have to contend with the problem of getting your tray table up to get to you if they needed to.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

This gadget will never fly.

[Final Authority]

I was on a commuter flight out of Newark, I am 6'4" and this Black woman, very large, takes the seat in front of me and asks for assistance to fasten her seat belt. This flight is full so I can not change seats. The attendant had to get a seat belt extender, then two extenders, then she had to ask the captain if this passenger could sit in a reclining position during operations because she was so large that she could not fit in the pitch of the seat. I paid $550.00 for this short flight. The flight was delayed, I suspect that the pilot had to take the issue to a supervisor and I was miserable for the hour plus. If it wasn't true I would never believe it. I tried to prevent her from reclining using my knees but she won the battle.

[theDentist]

Hmmm... you gotta arrive an hour earlier for security checks (ok),
you can't smoke while you wait to board your plane (which will be delayed for who knows why),
your bags are looted for small valuables by baggage handlers,
your one carry-on won't fit in the overhead
your seat is too small
you still can't smoke (especially since they confiscated your lighter and matches)
the food is mediocre
and now the person behind you can keep you from leaning back in your chair?

I foresee air marshalls stopping fist-fights mid-flight too!

[dirtboy]

Had to laugh when I saw this. At 6'7", I have and use my very own built in "Knee Defender" and have many a good story to tell. Once someone tries to recline their seat and can't (because my knees are holding it upright), they never try again for the rest of the flight.

I have the exact same problem, as I am also 6'7" - one time I had the person in front of me repeatedly try to get his seat to recline, and then he paged the flight attendant and told her that his seat was broken. She glaned back at me and told him "No, it isn't" and that was that.

I had a flight back from Mexico City once. I had caught the usual affliction the night before despite my best efforts, but by the time I got to Houston for the connecting flight home I was better. I had an aisle seat in the very rear of the plane, and had a distraught woman come up to me and ask if I'd trade seats with her, as she was six weeks pregnant and she got motion sickness as soon as the plane started moving. I agreed, went to her window seat further up in the plane and discovered that, of the four biggest men on the plane, I was one and two of the others were in the same row. We were squeezed in so tight that we had to coordinate our movements to shift position and I had my face pressed against the window for almost the entire flight. But, as they say, no good deed goes unpunished...

[Lazamataz]

I will kill, with the box cutter I routinely smuggle on to flights, the very first infidel I see using this depraved technology of the Great Satan.

ALLA AKBAR!

[RANGERAIRBORNE]

This gadget has been strongly supported by travel columnist Charles Leocha (at "ticked.com"- check the recent archives). He has gotten some amazing emails about it- all but threatening him with death for spreading the word about this thing.

As for the flight attendants "policing" who can recline their seat, and by how much, I have been flying for a hell of a long time and I have NEVER seen this happen. At best the FA retreats to the galley and stays out of the fray.

[Ann Archy]

A question to Ira Goldman....do YOU recline YOUR seat???? I will bet $Thousands that he does!! What a TYPICAL ELITE LIBERAL!! Reclinng is only for the ELITE people.

[AmericaUnited]

If I'm paying hard money for a seat that reclines, and some idiot behind with some $10 gadget prevents it from doing so, they are going to either remove it or pay for my seat. It's that simple.

[Half Vast Conspiracy]

There really isn't enough room in the planes to day to recline. If the guy in front of you reclines, it's like having him on your lap.

[The KG9 Kid]

It's threads like this that makes me thankful that I own a private business jet.

[hispanarepublicana]

Now, if someone would just invent a gadget that prevents 4 year olds from screaming and 5 year olds from kicking the back of your seat.......oh yeah...the gadget's supposed to be called "Parents." Only, it's not so effective when they just smile at the kid and say "Now, Johnny, what did we agree on?" Or worse, do nothing.

[BluH2o]

My solution for the individual who insists on full recline ... I stand up lean over and plant a big kiss on their forehead. Works every time ... ;)

[Willie Green]

Short People got no reason
Short People got no reason
To live

They got little hands
And little eyes
And they walk around
Tellin' great big lies
They got little noses
And tiny little teeth
They wear platform shoes
On their nasty little fett

Well I don't want no Short People
Don't want no Short People
Don't want no Short People
Round here

They got little baby legs
And they stand so low
You got to pick 'em up
Just to say hello
They got little cars
That got beep, beep, beep
They got little voices
Goin' peep, peep, peep
They got grubby little fingers
And dirty little minds
They're gonna get you every time
Well, I don't want no Short People
Don't want no Short People
Don't want no Short People
'Round here