To think it's actually OK to recline your seat on a long haul flight?

Cathy Pacific stewards barked at the people in front of me who reclined just before meal service.

That’s what they’re for, why wouldn’t you

😭😭😭 the SHOWER i am going to have before this flight 😅 plus I'm gonna wash my crocs and get a pedicure 🙈

Why did your DH do that
rude twat - fucking upgrade or put up with it

poor bloke - no idea why he sat back up

This reminds of the time I did a long haul flight from Asia.

The bloke behind me took his shoes off. Man, he had stinky feet. There were people all around feeling uncomfortable and holding their noses, one man had stuffed tissue up his nose.

No one said anything to the Smelly Feet Man. I was only 18 at the time, but I plucked up the courage to tell him his feet was very smelly and could he please put his shoes back on. He was embarrassed, his friends teased him and I got a round of applause. 😂

I’m in the couldn’t give a shiny shit camp
hopefully reclining happily behind someone considerate like you tho!
win win in that case

Thank you very much, I am assuming its just the one poster…i hate seats reclining but ive never come across it in economy, i would have totally kicked off 😀

Settle down big shooter I wasn’t accusing you of anything. But now that we’re here….

or upgrade
Or don’t fly

I only recline my seat if the person behind me has already reclined theirs.

Even so deffo expect parents to manage that I absolutely do not expect to feel kids bashing my seat - although complaining about it several times did get me upgraded once which was ace !

100 same when we used to fly cattle class !
Business or premium economy now but if reverted back due to cost - you betcha that seat is going back every time

I haven't made it up for gods sake . That's BA. Look on seat guru!

Bit background in the link below, it expands on a point I made way back that there's a whole sub industry dedicated to seat/cabin design and might also explain in part why business and more especially First Class fares can be as steep as they sometimes are:

www.businessinsider.com/a-business-class-seat-costs-80000-2013-8

As I said in my previous post, you are perfectly within your right to recline smoke in your own garden and not wear a mask in public but lots will see this as selfish - I understand there's a massive difference in all of those scenarios but it's a question of your own personal stance. And this creates conflict.

I don’t think it’s even that… I thought it was like 2-4 inches

Recline is SIX INCHES in economy 😂

I don’t think reclining is selfish or inconsiderate 🤷‍♀️. (Not even the super reclining guy I mentioned in a previous comment)

Just putting that out there…

badwithnumbers · Today 09:30
I have no problem with a slight recline during the day on a flight, but fully reclined (basically totally horizontal), during the day and when people are eating/drinking and CANNOT actually sit in their seats is selfish. I don’t have anything else to say on the matter.

I agree, it needs to be taken out of our hands and not just left up to the renegades - like giving people a choice whether or not to mask up in public during the pandemic is ridiculously futile - the selfish/inconsiderates always win.

Great question! I have asked upthread which airlines have these magical, reclining horizontally in economy, seats. SPOILER: there aren't any

i have not read the entire thread, where are the posts saying that seats recline horizontally? I don’t remember seeing them but I may well have missed them

Great question! I have asked upthread which airlines have these magical, reclining horizontally in economy, seats. SPOILER: there aren't any

Please can someone come on and clarify, then I won't need to shell out ££££ for business class next time we go long haul.

I'm not holding my breath.

The only way to get everyone to agree is for the airline to make the final recline/no recline decision.

I don’t think they’ll ever stop reclining because flight durations can vary so much and they want to offer what comfort they can without affecting their profit. They can’t remove the recline function for short flights and have the recline function for longer flights because they need flexibility with the aircrafts.

This whole thread is so annoying if you are a recliner which you are allowed to be and you also happen to be a considerate person who thinks of others .
I would be inclined to not want to get into a confrontation with the passenger behind me, especially if they have a child, however, most of my friends wouldn't give the shiniest of shites , so I would be sat bolt upright and my friends would be🛏️.
There needs to a standard that everyone agrees to and not just the free-for-all that we have at present . It's like putting the outdoor smoking area right next to the dining area or children's play area - its just creating conflict for no good reason.

In fairness, I was once sitting behind a seat that I believe was broken as it reclined far more than the one next to it and really was right in my lap. (I’m short so no knees to stop it.

I just tapped the man on the shoulder and said ‘excuse me sir, if you get any closer I’m going to have to ask that you marry me’ 😁. His buddy laughed who was sitting next to him and the guy did bring it up to the normal recline level. In the end I thanked him, everyone got a good laugh and that was that.

Aside from that I think FAs are going to hate this ‘hack’ it’s no different than that little clip thing that was being sold for awhile that prevented reclining. I think that was eventually banned. Now, anytime a seat doesn’t recline it’s going to be the flight attendants looking for pringles cans and water bottles.