scolopax Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 So whats the script with reclining the seat ? Personally I find it incredibly bad manners to drop your head rest almost into the lap of the person behind you, but obviously others do not think the same. I can understand it on a night flight etc but for a bog standard day time flight I find such actions very selfish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marine1980 Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 If they wernt ment to recline then they wouldn't! Saying that I always move it forward when the food comes out, unless I'm asleep and dribbling on the fat blokes shoulder next to me!! Royal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Clavata Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 It's all the rate at which it's done and the number of times it's done over the course of a flight IMHO. I'm not violent at all but have to curb my instinct to punch the head in front of me when someone just smashes down to the fully reclined stop without any warning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bi9johnny Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 If they wernt ment to recline then they wouldn't! Saying that I always move it forward when the food comes out, unless I'm asleep and dribbling on the fat blokes shoulder next to me!! Royal i'm sure we met on a flight back from corfu ...you must remember i was the fat fella that poked you in the eye and you tripped on the stairs getting off because you could not see properly :lol: :lol: true story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Just ask first! Simples Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storme37 Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 you dont have any choice the guy in front has just done it to you so unless you want the tv 3 inches from your face its recline time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vampire Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Last flight i was on the woman behind kept kneeing my seat because i had reclined it she soon stopped when i leant over and told her husband how it was going to effect him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gixer1 Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 (edited) You can't recline it - there's no room cause some fat **** is behind Ye! Edited April 26, 2012 by gixer1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard.Hosgood Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Being a 6'6" lanky ***, the people in front of me on flights don't get chance to recline as my knees are bang up against the chair in front it stops it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marine1980 Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 So does that mean you should pay for two seats as well then? Yours and the empty seat in front as you too are now also stopping the comfort of other passengers!!! Lol Royal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southeastpete Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 I try not to. If i do, I try not to go all the way. But if the person BEHIND me has, then i have no problem doing it. If the person in fornt has then sometimes you just have to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gixer1 Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 (edited) I paid for the seat so I decide if it reclines...the person behind has the option to recline thier seat to compensate. I have had a couple of people try to stick thier knees into the seat purposely but I just get up and have a word with them. Regards, Gixer Edited April 26, 2012 by gixer1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g fletch Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 the very reason i dont fly, im 6"6' and 22 stone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marine1980 Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Yes but there is 22 stone and there is 22 stone!!! One of which hangs over everybody else's seat where as the other just fills their own seat!! Royal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bry-M Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Out of politeness i'll ask the person behind if they mind if i recline my seat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 I paid for the seat so I decide if it reclines...the person behind has the option to recline thier seat to compensate. I have had a couple of people try to stick thier knees into the seat purposely but I just get up and have a word with them. Regards, Gixer Having a word with them will only lead to you being told by the stewardess you can't sleep on someone else's lap for 5 hours . You can recline into someone else's space as long as they don't object. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gixer1 Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Having a word with them will only lead to you being told by the stewardess you can't sleep on someone else's lap for 5 hours . You can recline into someone else's space as long as they don't object. Well, I've been flying for most of my working life and I've never once heard that. Where did you hear that? Regards, Gixer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Well it's come up once or twice and it invariably leads to the recliner being told the reclinee is in the right. Think about for a minute, you don't honestly think you have the right to the space right in front of the guy's nose do you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marine1980 Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Well, I've been flying for most of my working life and I've never once heard that. Where did you hear that? Regards, Gixer I hate to agree with people but I've never had an issue with putting my seat back and I fly all the time!! Royal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Last flight i was on the woman behind kept kneeing my seat because i had reclined it she soon stopped when i leant over and told her husband how it was going to effect him If it was my missus it would have effected you more :yes: I paid for the seat so I decide if it reclines...the person behind has the option to recline thier seat to compensate. I have had a couple of people try to stick thier knees into the seat purposely but I just get up and have a word with them. Regards, Gixer Do you feel lucky punk - no really do you :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gixer1 Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Well it's come up once or twice and it invariably leads to the recliner being told the reclinee is in the right. Think about for a minute, you don't honestly think you have the right to the space right in front of the guy's nose do you? Errrr...I expect to be entitled to use the features on the seat I paid for. I think you may have got this one wrong mate... Regards, Gixer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g fletch Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Yes but there is 22 stone and there is 22 stone!!! One of which hangs over everybody Else's seat where as the other just fills their own seat!! Royal your right,im just big and unfortunately because the blooby airlines as the train lines don't cater for big people i prefer to travel in my big gas guzzler.my wife find it more stressful that i do i would just suffer in silence (gentle giant syndrome) or just avoid it all together.Ive got a brother in Perth WA but the thought of 22 hrs on a plane is just to much,of course the other alternative is business class or 1st class but why should i pay premium for being BIG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gixer1 Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Do you feel lucky punk - no really do you :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 I just don't understand. When I recline my seat into the 6 foot 6 inch flat bed it never bothers the person behind. You must be doing something wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatcatsplat Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 of course the other alternative is business class or 1st class but why should i pay premium for being BIG One of the advantages of being a chunky munky is that I tend to get upgraded a fair bit, certainly on business travel where i fly on my own a lot. Always worth asking at check in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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