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.
So do I. But I like the idea in post #5 for a backup plan.
I usually scream “Aggghhhhh!” when someone reclines, because their seat crushes my knees. I have stuck my arms out and held the seat so that it couldn’t recline at times. They usually try 3-4 times and then think their seat is broken.
Nobody has a “right” to a reclining seat. Your ticket doesn’t say your seat reclines. You are buying transportation from point A to point B. If your seat has room to recline, great, but when it causes pain for the person behind you, then you are the one who has an obligation to observe the other person’s rights.
The airlines are steadily reducing legroom. It’s gone from 34 inches to as little as 26 inches on some flights. The airlines know they’ve created a problem, which is evident by the fact that they are beginning to install seats that don’t recline at all.
Women throwing their drinks at passengers. Women demanding that the plane land immediately.
“Yes, Ma’am, you pushed the attendant call button?”
“Yes. Throw this man off the plane.”
“Did he bother you?”
“No. I don’t like him. Throw him off the airplane and don’t give him a parachute. You can give him one of those little bags of nuts, but that’s it.”
“That seems rather harsh.....”
“Don’t make me give you a stern look!”
“OK. Come on, buddy. Off the plane you go.”
If you buy a product that doesn’t suit you, don’t blame somebody else. Just shut up.
Given how airlines have turned coach into the cattle cars of the air, everyone just needs to realize and accept that whatever flight you are on is going to be a miserable, claustrophobic, uncomfortable experience unless you are 5 feet tall and weigh 120 lbs, or unless you upgrade to first class or business.
And charge her for the fuel and delay for the landing and take-off.
Oh, BS. When you fly as a business traveler, many companies limit you to the coach fare, as mine does. I am only 6’2”, and if my knees are already wedged firmly against the seat in front of me the second I sit down, pray tell - where is the seat in front of me supposed to recline to, Einstein?
At 6'4" I do the same thing. I'm for scrapping the reclining feature of all airline seats.
Ha. I’ll tell my boss he has to upgrade me next time I fly. That’ll go over well.
To clarify: all COACH seats.
I was thinking they should form a line of passengers like in Airplane! Let everyone take a whack at her.
...airline seats are an excellent case study for the Coase Theorem. This is an economic theory holding that it doesn’t matter very much who is initially given a property right; so long as you clearly define it and transaction costs are low, people will trade the right so that it ends up in the hands of whoever values it most. That is, I own the right to recline, and if my reclining bothers you, you can pay me to stop. We could (but don’t) have an alternative system in which the passenger sitting behind me owns the reclining rights. In that circumstance, if I really care about being allowed to recline, I could pay him to let me.Fact of the matter is (and I can see why you are reacting the way you are), the "right" you identify belongs to the passenger in front of you.Don’t Want Me to Recline My Airline Seat? You Can Pay Me. New York Times, August 27, 2014.
how did she get knitting needles on the plane?
who the hell sleeps on the tray table unless you're passed out drunk?
I call bs - we aren't hearing the whole story
“No Knee Defender involved in this one.”
“...angering a woman who was trying to sleep on the tray table.”
Tray Defender?
I am not 6’5” but I do the same. I do everything in my power to make reclining as difficult and unpleasant as I can for them.
“. . .strip them of the delusion that they are anything more than POWER-TRIPPING RUDE cocktail waitresses at high altitude”
There, fixed it.
I’m 6’ 2”...I don’t have to DO anything. My knees are just there.
“Put this plane down NOW or I’ll open this bag of peanuts”.
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