@PhillySub why so aggressive? I didn't say I reclined my seat did I? So would you still haul your arse out by grabbing the headrest of my upright seat, or would you leave me in peace?
I fly mostly in Europe so my flights are under three hours. I am small, so if I want to catch up on sleep after an early start, I can do it easily sitting upright and leaning on the window or my husband. I do this out of consideration to the person behind. But I understand people taller than me might need to stretch their legs, so I put up with it if it happens to me and they are well-behaved in all other respects.
I did recline on the flight to LA I mentioned because I thought feigning sleep would stop the man next to me in his relentless pursuit of a bunk up in the loos. But that was only after the food had been cleared away, because I was considerate of the person sitting behind me who I knew wouldn't want his tray table in his face even though I was becoming desperate, like that little cat Pepe Le Pew mistakes for a skunk in the cartoons.
Looking back, I should have asked if he minded swapping seats on the grounds that the bloke next to me wasn't gay so wouldn't pester him in the same way. But he might have been bisexual, pansexual or casual sex on a flight might have been his hobby. Anyway, I didn't and the man was under no obligation to swap with me even if I had asked. You live and learn. Maybe next time.
Anyway, the man behind didn't haul his arse out of the seat using my headrest as a lever, so can only surmise that he was as polite and considerate as me. Or maybe he was just good at getting up and sitting down without having to grab hold of things.
I slept with one eye open btw. I didn't trust my fellow traveller not to think: "What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over."
So, to recap: I guess as I recline my seat on only the rarest and strictest of circumstances, you wouldn't disturb my sleep and would take out whatever issues you have on someone else. Or would you?