Good for you.
A few things to virtually everyone else on this thread cheering on the poor oppressed in the back:
First and foremost for all the passive-aggressive jerks with their little tricks to stop the seat from reclining, why don’t you act like a human being and simply ask the person in front if you (nicely) to not recline their seat. If you’re civil about it they might just agree. But if that simply too much, if it’s too much to act like a human being instead of like an animal defending his territory...(and I’m going to assume the latter is the case for anyone who argues with the points below)..
If one is too tall for coach seat space, buy an upgrade. Your boss won’t do it because you’re on a business trip? Tough, do it yourself. Or get another job.
All the people on this thread who are complaining about the lack of legroom, exactly how does the distance of 2 inches of recline damage your legs/knees so unbearably? (and that’s 2 inches from the top of the seat, not the bottom where your knees are, thus even less distance is being taken from “your” space really). You’re really so large the loss of an INCH of legroom causes knee damage? Wow. You should be in the NFL (or really in business class)
Finally what’s to stop you from reclining your own seat? Nothing but your own perceived (not real) invasion of space. Because yeah, the reclining function is part of the seat I bought, and nothing prevents you from reclining your own seat. Unless you’re one of those poor shlubs in the seats up against the bathrooms (in that instance I don’t recline my seat if I’m in front of such people.). Thus, since I paid for a reclining seat I have every right to that function. And you loose no space if you don’t think like a selfish jerk and simply recline yours.
Just curious ... how tall are you?
Cuz at a certain height, two inches makes all the difference in the world.