Do you put your seat back on flights?

splendid101 wrote: »

I'm glad to read all the people saying they don't decline.

I'm over six foot and it's extremely uncomfortable to fly. I've been on planes where the seat reclines and the back of it is inches from your face. It's terrible. It's also squashes your knees and moves the tray.

Planes all tend to be different, but I've been on ones where I can barely fit out of the seat with the one in front of me reclined.

Thankfully I normally get emergency exit seat which eases the discomfort somewhat.

I feel sorry for people who are even taller than me.

One of my friends is 6 ft 9in. I can only assume that his legs are detachable, flying must be practically impossible otherwise.

only way i can sleep on a plane is by sleeping face-down on the table in front of me - try having your head squashed by someone putting their seat back when your sleeping in this position!! Would give anyone claustrophobia!

averageperson wrote: »

It is ok to move it back a little, and maybe first a polite "Do you mind if I...?" to show some consideration...but to move it back all the way, as a french chappy did on the flight I took a few weeks back, makes it incredibly uncomfortable for the passenger behind. Luckily, the hostess made him put it back up during take-off and I made sure my knees were pressed against the seat from then on, so he was unable to recline. The seats beside me were vacant, so I turned the air-con up full on all three nozzles and pointed them all towards him. That is quite a "mistral" of cold, recycled farts that he had to endure for two hours. I also took off my shoes and plonked my sweaty feet right up the side of his seat towards his face. I only wish I'd had some chewing gum to leave in his silly little hipster hair-do, but I think he got the point.
So there are my tips, folks - push back with the knees, point the air-con at full blast and unleash the feet.

You sound like a charming individual.:rolleyes:

I don't recline unless the person behind me has reclined too.On long haul flights overnight,they dim the lights and give you blankets,so most people try to sleep at the same time.It makes sense to recline.

No, because most of the time I can't; I usually book the emergency exit rows for the extra leg room, as I'm 6 foot 6", and the people in front can't put their seat back even if they wanted to :P

Yes, I recline outside of meal times. If the person in front has reclined while the meal is served,I ask them to please sit up for the meal..never had an issue to date.

What's the point of sitting virtually bolt upright if the seat reclines even a few inches. I can't understand the griping about it.

Sykk wrote: »

BS. If you're 6.1", or have long legs you're absolutely bet into the seat..

Ha! For once I win - I spend boring long haul flights in the reclining position taking up my jeans - it's a complete pain in the ass having to take them up because they're made allowing for a much longer leg length even in the petite ranges.

You win some, you lose some. :D

No I don't. Should only be business class folk allowed to recline.

If the person in front of you reclines, you have less knee space.

If the person in front of you reclines, your tray is no longer flat. It is at a slight angle and thus harder to eat efficiently.

If the person in front of you reclines, you should legally be allowed smear your unused fruit salad in and around their face !

I really don't see the problem. It's very uncomfortable to sit in a bolt upright position for 5-8 hours on a long haul flight. All the seats are made to recline, and if everyone does it, then nobody should lose out on any room. Instead of demanding everyone sit upright and be uncomfortable, why doesn't everyone simply recline, have the same amount of room, and be comfortable?

What happened to being able to nicely ask the person in front that they don't recline if they're making you uncomfortable? Instead of making yourself miserable for the flight? I'm sure close to noone does it out of spite, can't see a problem with it to be honest unless you're really tall. Which most people aren't.

I generally don't as I think it's considerate not to impinge on someone else's space.

I'm 6'3" and I fly economy sometimes and find it incredibly annoying when someone reclines their seat into me. It's nearly always smaller people - they're either oblivious or don't give a crap about taller people because as far as they're concerned, the seats are quite roomy. I've sat behind people on a long haul flight who reclined their seats for the duration of the flight, and they were so small their feet couldn't even touch the floor. (They were called children, and that was only one of their annoying inflight behaviours). As soon as we reached cruising altitude, their father shoved all their chairs back as far as possible.

What I should do in future though, is find out if the person behind me has reclined. If they have, then they're obviously ok with the whole reclining thing, so I will then recline right back into their space.

Some people are total arseholes about it

My worst flying experience ever:
I'd been home with the Mrs to travel around Europe for 3 weeks and had been on every form of public transport along the way, at a little over 6tf 1, public transport was taking its toll, by the time I got to the end of the trip, I was having major problems with the SI joint in my Back/Hip. This was causing constant discomfort and occasionally stabbing pains down the back of my legs and in my groin.
I was lucky while travelling around Europe, we went to Spain for a trip to Barca and I got some good pills from one of the legendary Spanish Pharmacies. They ran out before the long haul back to Oz.
Flew Dublin->Heathrow->KL was on final leg of journey to Oz, almost a 10 hour flight after 24 hours on the go. When reserving seats for the final leg, we deliberately checked into seats with nobody behind us, so that we could sleep our way to oz and wake up when we were landing around 9am.
So we get on the plane, get in our seats, all good.
Plane takes off, once the lights go off, I let my seat back and get the blankets and pillows set up for the two of us to get some kip.

Lo and behold, two old cockney crones who had been sitting in the center of the middle row get up and decide they want to sit behind us. All well and good. they ask me to put my seat up !
I explain that i have a back problem and don't mind sitting up during meals, but the rest of the time will only be comfortable with the seat back.
No this isn't good enough for these two old hags, and they decide to have a go about it being rude. I figure at this point that having been polite and reasonable, I have done enough for them to get over it.
NEGATORY!

For the remainder of the flight, the sat behind me talking loudly about how rude young people are and how their son would never do that and who do I think I am and how dare I, how I have no respect for my elders. This was interspersed with bouts of kicking the back of my seat, poking me in the back and hassling the stewardesses about how small the seats were that they had commandeered. They started getting into the red wine about 2 hours in and were getting farily rowdy by meal time.
I put my seat up, had a bite to eat with the OH, we both had a drink and once all the trays were cleared away, I went to the bathroom.
Then I came back, I sat back down and my OH was a bit edgy looking, she whispered to me that they had a go at her while I was in the bathroom.
I told her to go to the toilet so she didn't see what came next.
once she was out of earshot, I turned to the two crones, and promised them that if they kept that **** up, I would report them upon arrival as having threatened an Australian citizen and "you two old tarts deported back to eastenders" this was met with a stunned silence. Until the OH got back and then the loud conversations about young peoples lack of manners started again.
I excused myself, put my earphones in, reclined the chair and went back to sleep. I was woken 15 minutes later by another bout of chair kicking and abuse. I pinged the stewardess and explained that the two "ladies" behind had been harassing us non-stop. She offered them alternative seating which they refused!!!!!

what a pair of Cnuts

Neither of these two ladies was an inch over 5 foot two and both had stumpy little legs I might add...

Was I delighted to see their bags being torn apart for all the booze they hadn't declared at customs while I went through with my tea bags and irish chocolate !
b1tches:mad: