I remember the no recline devices. Did not know airlines made them illegal.
I don’t see quite how airlines can make them ‘illegal.’ They don’t have law-making authority. Someone suggesting fining the guy who used them ‘illegally’ but what authority allows airlines to fine customers? Unless they get Congress to pass a law, it all seems rather moot.
So long as we want these super cheap fares, we have to sacrifice the comfort of more legroom, that’s pretty simple; While reducing legroom, airlines should also limited the seats’ recline to a lower angle so as not to ‘intrude’ on the space behind.