Angry woman on plane, Was we BU?

Usually after the seat belt lights go off they start preparing drinks if it’s a 7 hour flight. Your husband was completely selfish.

We had this coming back from Australia on one of the 2 flights. The parent started to recline the toddler’s seat just as food had been put down. Kids get their food first on emirates as well as special diets. This dad was really thumping on the seat as it wasn’t the easiest to recline. I had to really assert myself to stop him as my child eat trying to eat and her drink was spilling. Then dad was not happy but did move it up. The child wasn’t sleeping though. The child was jumping around a lot. After the food was finished dad was straight to moving the seat and my daughter was trying to watch her screen but it was constantly moving as dad was back to thinking the chair to recline whilst child treated it like a trampoline.

We on the other hand deliberately picked seats at the back of a section so we could recline the whole trip once flight had ascended and before descent.

I totally agree that the seats are not comfy up right. When I’ve had people behind me I have made sure not to disturb them through. And definitely make sure me and my children are upright for meals.

A 4yo doesn’t need their seat reclining in order to sleep.

True but a lot of seats now don’t recline either

flying is pretty shit it is about balancing your needs with the needs of others

It was an early morning flight lasting 7 hours. So she was expected to have fully reclined seat in front of her the whole time?

all toilets on a plane still seem to have no smoking and ashtrays doesn’t mean we should use them!

True, but there actually are genuine rules in place governing smoking (basically don't)....it's not a matter of etiquette.

all toilets on a plane still seem to have no smoking and ashtrays doesn’t mean we should use them!

we did go premium last flight and they were awful to sit behind in terms of space! And completely unnecessary the seats themselves fine to sleep in

I put my seat back for the whole flight apart from meals. It reclines for a reason! Give it a whirl! If sitting behind a reclined seat is uncomfortable then pay for extra legroom or go business next time.

These Seats are designed to recline anyone who complains about a seat reclining should have their passport revoked.

To me this is like saying “phones are designed with a speaker, why shouldn’t I play music out loud on it wherever I go”.

Jus because something is able to perform a certain function doesn’t mean it’s ok to use that function at any time, regardless of the effect on others.

Couldn’t you have lifted up your armrests so that your DC could laid across your knees?

These Seats are designed to recline anyone who complains about a seat reclining should have their passport revoked. The etiquette is to put it up during meal times. I’ve been upgraded twice by crew when people were kicking off. Once all the way to Lima when Napoleon lost it (short and angry) I’ll never forget waving as I disappeared through the business class curtain…

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

Irrelevant. You shouldn't recline your seat if it's uncomfortable to the person behind you.

She was unreasonable. If she wanted extra room she should have paid for it. The seats recline so you can recline! If someone in front of me puts their seat back it’s no big deal. They paid for the seat, it reclines, so fill your boots!

The seat tables still work when it’s reclined but…

as usual companies have reduced space making flying an overwhelmingly shit experience and have us backbiting at each other. Rather than blaming them.

How does your son cope if he falls asleep in the car?

I get why your DH was doing this, but for a 4 year old and a long flight, he should not have reclined the seat. He could have lifted the armrest and had your son put his head on one of your laps. That's what we did.

this.

it’s all so weird. It’s a normal seat function

Errr.......

At the risk of being like a stuck record they really can be very necessary on a day light long haul departure going west bound... ..

And in any event the airlines are not going to spend money, increase seat complexity and increase aircraft weight by introducing centralised recline control

Thank you. Someone sensible!

he could have dealt with it better but was not wrong.

If during the day your DH is BU.

When it’s dark.

Or even light 🤣

edited!

Define “day”.

Many travellers will have already been awake for many hours at the point of boarding. Imagine someone connecting in London bound for Chicago, having left Dubai earlier in the day. Or someone from Inverness flying Edinburgh to London to San Francisco.

The problem with reclined seats is that the person behind has absolutely no room to move. It’s not fair. I couldn’t see the tv screen or even get to my bag to get anything out of it because the entitled man in front reclined his sleeping child’s seat. I wish airlines would just make the spaces between seats larger but understand they are greedy for profits. We often pay for extra leg room but that’s expensive for 6 people and isn’t always available. I think really it comes down to common courtesy. You don’t really need to recline your seat and a child definitely doesn’t need to have a reclined seat.

Imo plane seats should be electronically controlled so they can only recline at night, it’s completely unnecessary during the day.

DS takes priority over all other people apparently, for reasons unknown.

DH sounds like the type of guy who is completely indifferent about other people coming to harm, so long as DS is OK. Those are the worst kinds of people.

Im in the minority who think you should be able to recline your seat if needed (obviously outside of food/drink service). If someone then called me a twat for doing so I wouldn’t be feeling too inclined to do them any favours, sorry 🤷‍♀️
If you get your knickers in a twist over legroom, pay for a seat with additional space.