Angry woman on plane, Was we BU?

Couple was completely unreasonable. Plane seats are designed to recline.

The clue that your DH was the twat was a) when the crew sided with the other passenger b) when they get annoyed because he refused to follow instructions.

he sounds like a prize cuntpuffin.

Your DH was being an utter pain in the bum. I would have been making sure my knee was strategically placed to annoy the shit out of him

DH did nothing wrong !he should be annoyed at you for not sticking up for him in front of others . Literally the seats are there to recline . Yes it’s annoying but it’s what they are there to do . It had happened to em several times and I just recline back if I need more room but in no way would I swear at someone , specially when the reason was a sleeping child .

Dh is asshole. I don’t know why they have reclining seats when everyone’s like bloody sardines as it is

Reclining a seat is not going to stop a stiff neck and reclining on an early morning flight prevents any form of using the entertainment system.

lying back is for night flights at best

Your DH was a twat - do you know the best way to have your child sleep and not get a stiff neck at that age - lie over you. Inconvenience you not some other person.

I think she was being unreasonable at the start as food / drinks were not being served

She might have been in theory, but she probably suspected DH had no intention of ever raising the seat during the flight and it seems she was right

Omg the woman in front of me had her seat reclined almost a whole 7 hour flight whilst my 7 month baby was on my lap. I personally would prefer it if the seats just didn’t recline. We didn’t recline then 3YO DDs seat either, unnecessary.

I agree with this. I used to fly a lot and this is the norm. Once food and drink has been cleared away the cabin lights are usually dimmed and those who want to then recline. It is pretty much impossible to use the tray table on most aircraft if the seat in front is reclined and the crew usually ask for any reclined seats to be put upright when they serve food or drinks to the person behind.

So strange, I think the woman was unnecessarily rude and he was only helping your child to sleep which I would absolutely prioritise on a 7 hour flight. Unless the seat was in my lap I wouldn’t mind someone doing this if I could see it was to help their child sleep.

If someone reclined their seat on me before meal service on a red eye I'd be prepared to commit murder.

Team your DH is a twat.

Seats are meant to recline - well if they recline then they are meant for that and allowed to use. Against the grain but maybe he could have handle better or tried to see her point. Dont think it’s a big deal tbh. 7 hour flight recline the seat if it’s a feature if the chair.

It is acceptable to recline them after the meal service. Most people do on long haul flights, especially night flights, despite what you read on here. It’s not acceptable to recline into someone’s dinner and the cabin crew will usually ask you to put the seat up if you don’t do it yourself.

IMO all parties are in the wrong. The woman behind should have waited until the meal service was actually happening, and should have asked politely in any event. The OP’s DH should have done what was asked of him by cabin crew without being a tosser about it. And as the DS was sleeping fine in an un-reclined seat there was no need to put it back again.

It is, were we being unreasonable.

Yes, your husband was.

I think your husband was being 100% unreasonable. There is nothing worse than sitting behind some tear who reclines their seat the second the seat belt goes off, even more so when it’s for a four year old who could sleep perfectly well with the seat upright.

You were twats not to put the seat back up during drinks and meal service. Reclining outside those times s fine but your DH was rude and inconsiderate not to put the seat back up during a meal service.

And really rude to argue with cabin staff. Their job is hard enough without dealing with idiots

A small child does not need a reclined seat.

The person who acted in a ridiculous manner is the woman who snapped at a man to adjust his sleeping 4yo’s seat simply bc she didn’t want him to do it and then called him a twat for saying no.

I can’t believe the people excusing her entitlement.

She was calling a spade a spade, the DH embarrassed himself.

Your dh was vvv unreasonable able. Who reclines the chair of a 4 year old? Put the arm rests up and they can sleep crossways

Your husband is a knob, and an even bigger one for arguing with the cabin crew. Jeez, these people walk among us...

Yeah he should've tried to get the kid to sleep without dropping the seat. And the steward shouldn't have had to tell him to do it.

So yeah he was U. The other couple were rude but I can kind of see why they were annoyed.

There’s no room to hold a cup and very dangerous if it’s hot liquid

When food and drinks are served all seats must be upright for good reason

I’m not - I responded to that in another post.

The woman is the one who started name calling. Perhaps she should learn that you catch more flies with honey?

It’s at that point that you keep getting up to walk around
The attendant would need to wake him for that each time

Up down up down
Ive never needed to do it myself but it’s a thought