I put the blame squarely on airlines for constantly reducing the amount of room between rows of seats. As things stand now if you were to recline your seat, you’re basically mashing yourself into the nose of the person behind you. Not great 🙁
(a) Reclining seats: It shall be illegal for any person to recline their seat in economy class unless the persons sitting directly behind and in front of them have also reclined their seats.
(b) Armrests: The person seated in the middle seat of any row in economy class shall be entitled to use both armrests, while the persons seated in the window and aisle seats shall be entitled to use one armrest each.
holy f, these results. I really hope that ppl who voted "rarely" are talking about people with health problems who •need• to have the seat pushed a bit.
I'm "often", but only because it's a fact that other people often recline their seat (whether OK or not), and once stuck behind a reclined seat, I consider it OK to recline mine rather than be in maximally uncomfortable knee pain
If people actually rarely reclined their seat, I'd be a "rarely" too.
I don't often recline except for on long hauls, but the seats have a recline function and the staff tell you when you are or aren’t allowed to use it. I don’t know your situation whether you had an unexpected 12 hour layover and are just trying to get comfortable enough to rest, or what. Recline away.
Instead, I’ll direct my annoyance at the airline for such cramped seating.
I’m usually perfectly comfortable sitting upright with my legs all scrunched up, more so than most people. So I almost never recline. I try not to assume the same when the person in front of me reclines, though
I would say it's definitely fine on a red-eye. Because then most people are trying to sleep. For a day flight, the person behind you probably wants to plop down a laptop!
A) which class you’re flying in. Business and first usually don’t have the space problem. B) if the seat behind you is occupied or not. C) a health problem — and even then after consulting with the person behind you.
I’m tall. It’s really uncomfortable in some cases. But there’s no way I will recline the seat in a fully booked economy class mini plane.
Interesting results! I'm "often". I think the recline feature is there to use. Sometimes it's not convenient to me when someone else uses it, but that's on me.
An interesting follow-up poll would be about the recline angle. 🤔 A lot of travellers probably use the recline function often but in moderation... At a relatively small angle so they're not lying on someone's lap. 😄
Surprised how friendly the comments are for this. Knowing how much it hurts me when someone reclines in front of me, I would only recline if the seat behind is empty. Compassion for others here…Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should. The airlines know exactly what they are doing.
sounds like the majority needs to address airline management. (If I ever had the chance, I would talk about issues of far greater substance than a seat recliner).
Feoh
•Guillaume Ross
•Prohibited behavior
(a) Reclining seats: It shall be illegal for any person to recline their seat in economy class unless the persons sitting directly behind and in front of them have also reclined their seats.
(b) Armrests: The person seated in the middle seat of any row in economy class shall be entitled to use both armrests, while the persons seated in the window and aisle seats shall be entitled to use one armrest each.
Aljoscha Rittner (beandev)
•penryu
•As in, more often than I strictly feel comfortable.
Doug Winter
•Rikki Endsley
•Evan Prodromou
•Jons Mostovojs
•Still happy that "never" beats "always".
Stephan Hochdörfer
•Sara Joy :happy_pepper:
•Jason Self
•Martin 🧀
•Ted Gould
•Matthew Booth
•see shy jo
•If people actually rarely reclined their seat, I'd be a "rarely" too.
Cassidy James Blaede
•Instead, I’ll direct my annoyance at the airline for such cramped seating.
Dale Hagglund
•Islamic Audiobooks Central
•If they have, you can recline slightly without causing any undue discomfort to them as the space between will be more or less the same!
bedknobs and bootstraps
•Rabbit Cohen
•Tony Novak
•Lprodromo
•aeva
•Mx. Aria Stewart
•Vincent St. Pierre :mw:
•They're built to recline.
They exist to recline.
Reclining is a feature.
The social ramifications of doing so, particularly during the meal section of a flight, is borne by the designer, not the user.
Jay 🎃🕷️🦇👻
•Toby Inkster :verified:
•Alan Zimmerman
•Markus of the Cat
•Xavier Bertels
•A) which class you’re flying in. Business and first usually don’t have the space problem.
B) if the seat behind you is occupied or not.
C) a health problem — and even then after consulting with the person behind you.
I’m tall. It’s really uncomfortable in some cases. But there’s no way I will recline the seat in a fully booked economy class mini plane.
Evan Prodromou
•Thanks to everyone who replied!
Adriano
•Spacetraveller by Spaceships
•Evan Prodromou
•mcg
•John Sullivan
•Tony Novak
•elle mundy
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