Posted on 09/02/2014 6:33:02 AM PDT by Wolfie
Flight From LaGuardia to Florida Diverted Over Reclining Seat
A flight from LaGuardia International Airport to Palm Beach International Airport had to divert after a pair of passengers got into a fight over a reclining seat, according to published reports.
Delta airlines told NBC affiliate WPTV in West Palm Beach that Flight 2370 landed in Jacksonville, Florida, “due to safety reasons in regard to a passenger issue.”
A witness on the plane told WPTV that a woman who was knitting tried to recline her seat, angering a woman who was trying to sleep on the tray table.
The two argued, with the woman who was trying to sleep getting angry and cursing. A flight attendant came over, the witness said, and she demanded that the flight land at the nearest airport.
"She said something to the fact that 'I don't care about the consequences, put this plane down now,'" he said.
The passenger was escorted off the plane by police when it landed at Jacksonville International Airport, WPTV reports. The rest of the passengers then continued on to Palm Beach.
It's the second time recently that a flight out of the tri-state had to be diverted because of an argument over reclining seats. On Aug. 24, a flight from Newark was diverted when passengers got into an dispute after one passenger attached a clip to a tray table that prevented the person in front from reclining.
“Back in the day (now I only fly business or first class), when someone would recline into my space, odd, I would all of a sudden have sneezing fits. . .don’t know why, must be allergies to the shampoo of the person reclining into my space (that was my story). . .anyway, a few hacks of sneeze blowing in their hair, followed by loud sniffling makes them quickly stop reclining.”
Interesting. If I encountered you doing this in the seat behind me and you wouldn’t stop, I would take 2 of my prescription Metformin pills. Believe me, due to a particular side effect the next several hours would be most unbearable for you.
You’ve provided me with the one silver lining to type II diabetes.
That's what the recline button is there for. No one has the right to deny someone else from reclining just so they can have more space for themselves.
Thanks for flying on the tanker and pumping gas. . really needed you guys a time or two.
Yeah. . .you must be a real joy to live with.
How does the spouse put up with you. . .provided of course, you have a spouse and she did put up with you.
;-)
“Believe me, due to a particular side effect the next several hours would be most unbearable for you.”
Oh, and everyone else in the area. . .nice. . .
Seating is cramped. Seats recline. Shut up.
Agreed, if the airline didn’t want people to recline they wouldn’t have reclining seats. Passengers should EXPECT the person in front will recline.
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Correct. I purchased space for the full excursion of the seat. Not using it means that someone will occupying in the space that I paid for. Frequently, I will not recline out of courtesy, based on my interpretation of the situation. An example is mom holding a baby. Some loudmouth complainer gets no such courtesy from me.
As I said earlier I am only 5’3” so leg room isn’t a problem for me so recline your seat. A reclined seat does cause a problem if I need to get out of my seat because I can’t stand up. If you have strangers between you and the aisle you have to climb over their laps (embarrassing).
I feel for hugely fat people but don’t give me a seat next to them because I don’t want to “feel” their fat touching me.
I have had my share of the fatties. Buy 2 seats fatty don’t take part of my space.
I mean that in the nicest possible way! :)
It’s not about “more space” for me - it’s about my right to sit in a seat without having someone in front of me crash their seat back into my knees. What part of that do you not understand? I’m not suggesting that one should be able to say “I just don’t want you to recline.” This is an argument about the physical requirement of sitting in seats that have been shrunken down to the point where I literally have to wedge my knees in against the seat back in front of me at times. I try my best to get exit rows or economy comfort, but that’s not always possible because nearly every flight I take is 100% full. So, what am I to do? Just smile and say “awww, thank you for the pain?”
If they have those smaller spaced economy seats then they need to not have seats recline. Or give the passenger in back the option to so no.
Instead of increasing space by say, 2 inches per seat and 2 for the aisle aisle on width and 3 inches for legroom, they have now crowded us in to the point that customer confrontations have become regular.
“Yeah. . .you must be a real joy to live with.
How does the spouse put up with you. . .provided of course, you have a spouse and she did put up with you.”
Some of us might have asked the same about you!....”pot....meet kettle!”
Fair point. . .but my mere presence does not offend. . .you on the other hand, as you say. . .
Exactly. There’s no reason that people should be fighting with each other over this. The airlines have created this problem and they need to address it. I’m going to be contacting my congressman and Senators about it. This is one thing that I think requires regulation.
That's the fault of the airlines, not of the poor person in front of you who's trying to regain the same 2 inches of space you can also take by reclining your own seat.
Hey, Sherlock - me reclining my seat does not gain any room for my KNEES. It actually pushes my knees further forward.
That's your option... just as it's my option to recline my seat if I so choose.
I have more options than that. You won’t enjoy them if you’re sitting in front of me.
It's not that often that I encounter some moron who thinks he deserves my space more than I do, but when I do I always win the battle. I can push back pretty darned hard.... you get a gentle push back first as a warning to clear the way, then if there's resistance it's full force...whatever it takes.
“. . .then if there’s resistance it’s full force...whatever it takes.”
Years ago when I flew coach, I saw someone do exactly that. . .and collapsed his seat into the lap of the guy behind him. Funny as heck to watch.
The yahoo that forcefully reclined his seat had to move to the back row, next to the toilets, and the seat was against the rear bulkhead so it couldn’t recline.
Hilarious.
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