Some thoughts on the issue: https://www.usatoday.com/story/trav...clining-airline-seats-knee-defender/21103861/
Poll: Is it okay to recline your airline seat?
- Thread starter Raising Heel
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I usually don't if I'm flying coach unless it's in the emergency row exit (but not all of those seats recline). In premium economy, business, or first I recline.
I haven't been in a plane in about 15 years, and in the few times I have, the seats didn't recline, but I probably wouldn't. I absolutely can't stand flying. I'm a nervous wreck in there, so I'm always freaking out too much to relax enough. About a year ago, I was asked to fly out to India to help train some new people offshore, and told them to GFY. I'm done flying. That, and I'm not going to India anyway.
I was in India this time last year. I loved the country.
Not a hardliner on this. I usually don't, but I'm not gonna get upset if someone else reclines their seat unless they're deliberately confrontational about it.
That extra 3 inches doesn't do shit anyway. I have a hard time even calling it "reclining". More of a slight "tilt".
Anyone terrified that if they fall asleep in their seat, they're going to accidentally lay their head on the shoulder of the person on either side of you? Like I said, I usually don't recline my seat (don't do it in the car as a passenger either), but if I'm in a middle seat, I'm always worried that once I doze off, my head is gonna loll to one side or the other.
I'm not worried about that, but I do worry that I'll start snoring.
I don't worry about that because I absolutely will not take the middle seat. Never again. I had to go from Dulles to San Diego last summer in the middle seat (over 5 hours!) and I about lost my mind. I had a terrorist on one side and a millennial on the other and just getting a piece of the armrest was a battle. Hell to the no.
I'm an aisle seat kind of guy. But if I get my tickets early enough, I always shoot for that lone seat near the exit over the wing. That's primo.
I like the aisle more as well. I can turn to the side a little and stretch my legs some. I'm not the tallest guy in the world, but being 6'1" is too tall for comfort in a middle seat.
I usually don't recline. Although if the person in front of me does, I'm more likely to pass the douchiness on to the guy behind me by reclining to get my allotted amount of space back.
Is it okay to decline? Sometimes I do if the bartender is heavy-handed before I get on the plane.
