Angry woman on plane, Was we BU?

Amused by the various 'typical male entitlement' comments. In my experience crap entitled behaviour on flights is certainly not limited to one sex. Virtually every time for instance I have been asked to move out of my chosen paid for seat so a couple can sit together its been a woman asking.

Maybe she could have swapped with your husband so he could have been behind the fully reclined seat for the best part of 7 hours and see how he liked it!

I agree.

I bet if was a male flight attendant they wouldn't have argued. Classic misogynist.

Surely the correct response to some twat reclining the seat for a toddler is not to passive aggressively talk about them, it is to tactically bump the seat until the child wakes up.

Except the flight attendant asked him clearly to straighten the seat. So no they can’t.

DH displaying male entitlement all the way. No consideration for other passengers, ignored the steward and just a ME outlook. Kids can sleep anywhere - they do not need much room.

If it had been a man behind the child seat would be have done it?

Totally reasonable to recline your seat on a long haul flight but obviously not when meals and drinks are being served.

Pretty much agree, and there's scope for people on both sides of this debate getting themselves in the brown stuff...

There's no standard worldwide rule on this, the airlines may have their own policy..and that's down to the crew to monitor/enforce, not a random Mumsnetter in 23 whatever...

It's TBH also pretty outrageous to think,.as some here seem to, that people should only recline and sleep according to some universal schedule, or only when it's dark....not everyone hops on board a daylight flight having had a night in an airport hotel or commuted in from half an hour up the road from the airport.

Both are not at fault only your very selfish moron husband. Couldn’t stand being married to someone so inconsiderate, but it’s all about him so you’re probably used to it and don’t see it.

I'm very much of the view that seats which have a recline function can be reclined. However, it is standard etiquette not to recline when food is being served, so your DH was being unreasonable to ignore this. And very unreasonable to argue with the flight attendant when asked to put it back to upright.

Yep...

it's a bit route and seasonal dependent but morning (local time) departure, westbound, you can easily go 14 -16 hours plus plus plus in continuous daylight...

The problem here really is the airlines basically selling the same space twice. The recline area to one customer, and the breathing space, leg room and tray usage to the person behind.

They need to design seats that move forward to recline instead of backwards. Or have a way of centrally disabling the recline function at certain times

What if you are flying west long haul and 'chasing the sun' in which case you are in daylight for the majority of the flight?

What airlines do you fly with where the table trays are 'rammed' into you? That said, I think on a long haul flights waiting for the dinner service to complete before reclining is a perfect compromise.

It would be interesting to see if those notices are now company wide or restricted to certain fleets or bases.

It was in the last few weeks

I hate it when someone reclines their seat in front. I don't agree there is much room on an economy flight- you are wedged in. If you drop something on the floor, you can barely retrieve it. I'm size 10 too so don't take up a lot of room.

I think reserving reclining for night journeys is sensible. For shorter flights, there's no need for reclining a seat.

If it makes marginal difference to comfort (which isn’t true) then surely the same can be said to any difference it makes to the passenger behind the reclined seat?

You are married to a nasty selfish horror.

I'm all in favour of reclining, even the whole flight, but I do know you don't recline until after the first meal service is complete. The husband here ITA though and was just trying to be the boss. The biggest evidence of his being a general AH in life is that he argued with the staff when told to put it up. I suspect he's not an easy person to have as a colleague, family member, husband, father or friend.

I prefer to let sleeping children lie and as a mum of three, including an autistic MrT type child (shout out to the Dutch who were always fab with him) I would have been your perfect seat companion behind. Headphones in, smiled and waved and been grateful your crotch goblin was not awake. ;-)

Your husband is a selfish idiot. A child does not need a seat reclined and even if they did, full recline is unreasonable for all passengers.

Were you both sat next to your son? In which case perhaps your DH could have volunteered to swap seats and sit with basically your son's seat in his lap for a seven hour flight with no chance to eat, drink or sit comfortably, and let the other paying passenger have his seat which had no obstructions at all?