LOOK > Is This the Best Way to Approach Reclining Passengers on an Airplane?

The best way would be to bite the bullet and upgrade to better seating. The reclining passenger has as much right to be comfortable as you do. If that bothers you, just grow up.

...at least I like to take advantage of the privilege of reclining. If someone informs me that his or her a$$ is too big or have other physical limitations to get out of their seat because my seat is reclined, I will be more than happy to put it up to accommodate them.

thats random...

WOW...lots of "rude" folks here. I am a reclining person and if you flew with me you would be happy that I take my meds and pass out till landing!

Each passenger buys and pays for his seat. The seats recline.
These passengers are not doing anything wrong. How dare you chastise them!
(I never recline my seat more than one notch because that's my preference and suits me! Complain to the manufacturers/airlines who designed the torture chambers.)

Why on earth would you ask people to sacrifice what is comfortable for them in exchange for what is comfortable for you?

I fly all the time and agree there is a lot of what I, and many others, consider "obnoxious" behavior!
So be it.. It is not my job to monitor anyone. I am not the "Behavior or Courtesy Police".

Buy the best headphones you can afford to block out the babies, cell phone weenies, computer game bells and whistles, loud teenagers and hard of hearing seniors!

Sit in the window seat to avoid interruptions by those who have weak bladders.

Sit in the aisle seat if you need the leg room, but watch out for items falling out of overhead bins and passengers invading your space to get them.

Sit in the middle seat and you get elbowed from both sides.
Sit in any seat and you may have a reclining seat in your lap.

It is what it is. There is no way to legislate common sense or courtesy.

You have a microcosm of society on every plane, the polite, the courteous, the obnoxious and you. But when the flight touches down, you get to walk away...until the next time......whew!

That's what the seats do. They are not two inches from your face and if everybody does it, then you are all now equal.

Lol..mountain out of a molehill..it's a flight not the rest of your life!
But do look up and say hello to me when you 'come back' for your nap!!!

Well certainly!!!!!

Thank you very much...!

I'm confused. Somehow you determine if the person in the seat in front of you can recline?

*prints it off*

If you are impedeing in another person's personal space the just sit the seat up. Being on an airplane does not mean that you can just become and ass. Think of it this way you wouldn't lean your seat back onto someone in your car then why do it on an airplane

Bad analogy: Airplane seats don't recline in coach as much as car seats: Though the sentiment is in the right place.

Either ask or sit in an exit isle where there is more leg room.

Answer? Recline!

We all had a roommate like this in college with passive aggressive notes. It doesn't work and it comes off as very condescending. Instead, every time I fly (which is often) if the issue comes up I just very calmly use my knees to make sure that it doesn't go too far.

Passive agressive act....does it work? ROTFL

if i get air sick, i couldn't care less what anyone else thinks, hell i WILL throw up on you, i have in the past.

I am not tiny. Not fat, just plain big. It happens. If possible I will ride in First Class, but that is not always possible.

When this happens to me I put my seat back tray down and start bouncing it. When they glare at me I give a sheepish smile and say, "Sorry, tight spaces make me fidgety." Usually they get the hint within the first 20 minutes.

You people are nuts. You don't control the seat in front of you. Every action you propose will get you reprimanded by the flight attendant. Keep it up and you'll get a free trip at the end of the flight.

Recline your seat and you’ll have your lost space back. Good Grief!

Hasn't happened yet. I am a courteous flyer, but I expect the same courtesy in return. If your seat back is 2 inches from my face, we have a problem. I will not subject the people behind me to that. The very back seats don't recline, so what you propose doesn't work.

I've been flying 45 years and I've never heard of this. If reclining your seat were forbidden then your seat wouldn't recline. There are only two reasons not to recline an aircraft seat. When the pilot/attendant tells you not to and when someone in a window or middle seat wants to get in or out. I too am courteous so I don’t kick the seat in front of me or put my tray up and down. If anyone uses the methods stated here to cause me to un-recline I'll ignore it. The second time I'll politely ask them to stop. You don't even want to know what happens if they do it a third time but it won’t be pretty.

Let me be perfectly clear. When you purchase an airline ticket you have the rights and benefits of everything that comes with the ticket and a reclining seat is part of the package.

Back seat doesn't recline? Life is sometimes harsh.

EDIT: But I will give you a rave for being polite. Cheers!

Sorry but no airline seat is two inches from your face...gross exaggeration!

Most airlines avoid filling those non reclining back seats, unless you are on a full plane and bought the last ticket!!!

Oh sorry, my bad. 5 inches.

BTW....totally inaccurate depiction.

Yes, your bad to try to fool people.

The seat itself does not move!! If you've ever been on an airplane, you know that.

You are being deceptive to prove your point.

Only the top back of the seat reclines....the foot room does not change!!

FYI: The seat is bolted to the floor!

This is not a depiction of a reclining seat, but the space between seats for economy plus and regular seating. I used this illustration as an example of how much space is available in the first place.
Do not jump to conclusions. Just because you misunderstood my point does not indicate deception. Anyone who has flown in the past two years has seen this diagram and understands what it means.

We are talking about available space when a seat is reclined.

I did not misunderstand your pointI
I understood your point perfectly...to mislead!

Otherwise why would you attempt to claim there is a 5 inch space.

There is more than 5 inches or were you throwing that out for affect also??

I just flew this weekend. 5" was specifically the non-economy plus space advertised, and that is without someone reclining in your space. I used the airline's own advertisements.

I fly all the time! There are more than five inches.Why do you insist on that erroneous statement?!? Unless you are flying in a crop duster!

Why are we even having this conversation? Do I threaten your sense of entitlement so much that you need to try and convince me, or someone else that you are justified in being inconsiderate?
I have better things to do than talk circles. I"m sure there are more productive things you could be doing as well.

You are absolutely right.
You and I will have to agree to disagree which person is inconsiderate. I am wasting my time...and you, as well.
Have a nice day!

As long as you have your "tush" in your seat, you have my permission to go where it takes you!

Why thank you, you are most kind!

same here!

Otherwise keep knocking the reclining seat until the selfish person sits up. Or get a noisy child to keep jumping and looking over the seat that would annoy me

You people have no right to tell the person in front of you anything. Knock his seat and you'll get tossed of the plane. Good Grief. The seats recline, live with it or ride the bus. Ops, those seats recline also. Take your car.

Wh can you not ask him politely is it a sin?

Politely? "Otherwise keep knocking the reclining seat until the selfish person sits up. Or get a noisy child to keep jumping and looking over the seat that would annoy me"

Sure, better than kicking the seat right? I might do that if they don't heed my friendly asking first, if not then let the seat kicking begin! lol