AIBU to recline my seat on a night flight?

[CoastalMummy]

Just as the title states... Is it now considered unreasonable and inconsiderate to recline your seat on an overnight flight?

I was on a long haul flight, departing at 0130am, and was solo with two children.

After we departed, I reclined my seat as I had a small sleeping across my lap and tried to get some sleep. Next thing, I'm woken up with what I can only describe as violent shaking. The woman behind me was shaking, kicking, kneeing my chair and shouting how inconsiderate it is to recline a seat. This went on for an hour until I called cabin crew to intervene (I had naively thought she'd give up so I wouldn't have to get into a confrontation).

When the cabin crew told her to recline her seat too, she screamed that she would never be so inconsiderate!

AIBU here?!

Meal service first. Then it’s fine to recline.

Yep, it's quite common to have day then night or vice versa on a single sector...

It's even possible to go day>night>day again on some polar routes....

As for Perth-London and the forthcoming Sydney-London......
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DH and I are quite tall. It's a real pain when the person in front reclines their seat. Straight onto our knees! But it's their perogative, so other than buy an expensive seat you're stuck with it.

You could have waited until the dinner service had been completed then reclined

Shes obviously being unreasonable kicking and shouting however I think it would be polite to ask, or atleast inform the person behind you that you are about to recline your seat.

Air Transat

As long as not reclined when they are trying to eat then its fine. I personally don’t recline anymore as I know its annoying but when you’ve got a small child on your lap that’s different.

As the PP said, you had the right to recline your seat on a long haul night flight and she was out of order in her behaviour.

That’s the only bit that’s relevant and why you reclined your seat is important only to you. Asking people to be more kind because you have children indicates a sense of entitlement even if that’s not the case.

Fine to recline but never until after food service.