Are you an aeroplane seat recliner??

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If so, do you not feel a bit guilty about the poor sod sat behind you who now has even less space than they had before??

I don't understand why airlines still allow this, there isn't the room for it!

During a long flight last night/this morning/I don't know I've lost all track of time, I wasn't able to use my telly as the woman in front made sure it was RIGHT in my face and don't even get me started on meal time.

So are you a seat recliner and if so, do you think about the impact on the person behind you?

Surely totes can be placed on top of someone's wheely?

Seems odd that you always miss out on fitting it in the overhead compartments, though? Every single time you board, there's never any room above for your bag?

A lot of airlines (especially budget ones where overhead space is at a premium) insist that small bags go under the seat in front so that the wheeled suitcases can go in the overhead bins. I have been on flights where the flight attendants have gone around and pulled out any small bags/coats that have been put in the overhead bins and made the passengers put them under their seats.

I do not want to have to take a suitcase just so that I don't have to put my bag under the seat!

I have never had cabin crew ask me to place my small bag under the seat in front instead of the overhead compartment

It seems to me cabin crew are much more keen on keeping the floor areas as clear as possible in case of an emergency when people would go foying over bags on the floor.

Flying not foying

It’s fortunate that the flights where the overhead bins get full with wheelies tend to be budget ones where the seats don’t recline anyhow. Problem solved!

The problem for me is that I have long legs. Reclining seats mean I can hardly move. I think it’s a really selfish, inconsiderate thing to do and I always say something. I’d never ever do it. And even if I didn’t have long legs I’d still never do it.

I was on a long haul overnight flight recently and the person in front of me reclined her seat and the empty one beside her about 5 minutes after take off. Stayed that way until 5 minutes before landing, including meals, which made eating a bit of a challenge...

I do recline. The seats are able to go back so why not. I agree that if the person behind also reclines the space is the same so there shouldn’t be a problem. Mealtimes need the seats upright which is fine. However, it would be so uncomfortable on a long flight to have the seats upright for the duration.

I must admit the biggest problem I have had, on more than one occasion, are children in the seat behind either kicking the back of my seat or, on one occasion, sitting on the floor in the gap between their seat and my seat which was very uncomfortable.

I'm with the OP. I'm tall and if someone reclines their seat in front of me it does impact on my leg room. I end up having to put feet at an angle in to the aisle. Believe me if you are tall it does push on to your knees and I find it rude on short haul flights. I can't bring myself to do it to person behind me . A lot of people these days do what suits them. We know there are recliners on seats but imo it's not good manners to inconvenience another person. At the very least ask the person behind you. I may feel differently if I was a small person and some of you smaller people out there may feel differently if you were tall.

Emirates eh ? Thanks for the tip off -useful

No idea. I don't do economy.....

I don't recline my seat...1. As i feel guilty for the person behind and 2. I find it doesn't make much difference anyway

I'm 5'9" and have no problem with people in front of me reclining. I do it on long haul flights (especially if overnight) but not on short haul. I'm always considerate and check that the person behind me isn't going to get covered in a hot drink as a result. A woman behind me started hitting me and verbally abusing me when I reclined en route to Dubai. I only reclined a small amount so I wasn't bolt upright, it was a night flight and the majority of the flight were reclined to the maximum. I was changing at Dubai to go on to Sydney, I'm not sure why she thought it was ok for me to sit bolt up right with zero sleep for 24+ hours (and yes, she was reclined!). It's funny that while I've been subject to abuse (physical and verbal) on a number of occasions, no-one says a dicky bird to my 6'1" husband.

If someone is reclining during food service:

1. Ask them politely to put their seat up.
2. Tell them firmly to put their seat up.
3. Ask the steward to do it

...in that order.

I have never had cabin crew ask me to place my small bag under the seat in front instead of the overhead compartment

EasyJet do this. They more than once took my naice handbag out of the overhead compartment to make space for cabin luggage, and asked me to put it under the seat in front. When I protested, they didn't give a flying crap.

Hate seat recliners was stuck behind one on a 12 hour flight from China and ended up with severe cramp in one leg due to no space. The person also had extra leg room so really didn’t need to recline. They didn’t sleep just chatted, reclined. 😡.I am with you OP 100%.

Our family have to fly quite often, and about half of these flights are overnight. My reclining rules are that I don't recline at all during a daytime flight. If it's a night flight, I will often recline a bit (not fully) if the person behind is asleep and/or reclining. I don't like to do it all the way it can go as I hate having a fully reclined seat in front of me, though a little bit is fine.

I've actually been subjected to abuse so many times (it's honestly nothing I do!) that I find it really stressful. I now always book seats at the back of the cabin so that I can recline without been bashed over the head and shouted at. I would suggest that recliner-haters do the opposite and book seats on one of the front rows. On the second leg of my trip to Sydney I asked the man behind me if he minded me reclining and he looked at me as if I'd suggested we get together upon arrival and torture kittens for fun weeps. By which I mean he thought I was insane to even ask.

Spent 12 hours to Thailand last year with the back of someone's chair in my chest. Couldn't watch t.v., couldn't eat. The steward just told me to recline my seat, but I couldn't do that to the person behind me. Plus, hour delay on the tarmac before we set off, and they reclined the seat the moment they sat down.

If the person in front of me doesn’t ask if they can recline the seat (which is basic manners before you bite my head off!!) before they do so, I will make sure the I keep getting up as many times as possible (I usually have the aisle seat in our family) and shaking their back rest! It really pisses them off on the flights to Oz ... they soon get the message!! Ha!Ha!

Shaking back rests? FFS. Ask them to sit upright as you're uncomfortable? Ask the steward to make the request in your behalf?

I personally think that the Captain should have control of seat reclines, so that they can only be used at certain times of the flight. A warning bing/light like the seatbelts on/off would then alert people to the fact that they need to move drinks/stuff on trays. So simple. Same with the overhead luggage lockers.....nothing more bloody irritating than people constantly rummaging in them and I would imagine a lot safer during turbulence.

I have never ever been asked by someone if they could recline even when traveling with a lap infant.
Wouldn’t expect them to either.

I recline slowly and do a cursory check to make sure no is pouring a drink or anything.

The idea of shaking seats in some kind of passive aggressive revenge is just pathetic. They don’t ‘get the message’, they probably think you’re bonkers

No one should be shaking back rests or kneeing anyone in the back. That's just bullying behaviour.

The seat reclines so you can recline it. Except during meals where is should be upright. If they refuse during meals then you should ask the stewards.

The height of the person behind shouldn't have a bearing on the ability of the person in front to use their seat as it is intended.

I personally think that the Captain should have control of seat reclines, so that they can only be used at certain times of the flight. A warning bing/light like the seatbelts on/off would then alert people to the fact that they need to move drinks/stuff on trays. So simple.

I think this would be great.