Reclining your seat on a flight?

Is it ok to recline your seat during a flight

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Scrug said:
Had this exact issue on a flight to Tenerife. 3 daft lasses sat in front of us, one of them reclined her seat. Can’t say anything though can you.

She clapped when the plane landed so she probably wasn’t right in the head.
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She might've known more than you about the airlines safety record 🫣
 
I complained about someone doing it on a flight to New York once, they said they were only doing it because the person in front of them was.

Made a point of continuously kneeing the back of their seat after that.
 
TheYorkshireTerrier said:
I complained about someone doing it on a flight to New York once, they said they were only doing it because the person in front of them was.

Made a point of continuously kneeing the back of their seat after that.
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No offence mate - each to their own but i find this really funny how grown ups do this amd as i said earlier, how normally well rounded adults regress to toddlers massively when in airports. Recliners have never bothered me and i will never understand the stampede to get off a plane - ok if you have a connecting flight but otherwise youre a bit simple. I think the worst i do is have an involuntary smug little grin when im turning left instead of right when im boarding.
 
MagicMike said:
No offence mate - each to their own but i find this really funny how grown ups do this amd as i said earlier, how normally well rounded adults regress to toddlers massively when in airports. Recliners have never bothered me and i will never understand the stampede to get off a plane - ok if you have a connecting flight but otherwise youre a bit simple. I think the worst i do is have an involuntary smug little grin when im turning left instead of right when im boarding.
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None taken, I wouldn’t usually say anything to be honest and grit my teeth, but must have just been having one of those days, long flight etc.

Never been one to rush out the airport either, makes me laugh when going with family and they get annoyed because there’s a big gap between us and them in the queue.
 
Centralscrutinizer said:
It's ok to recline your seat on any flight and I'm happy for the person in front of me to do it. The protocol is that you put your seats upright for any meal service.
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indeed, that's the only time I have asked someone in front (quite politely) to put it upright otherwise you can get anywhere near a meal that requires knife & forking.
Luckily most short haul stuff now has fixed seats and even less leg room than before.
 
I'd say there's two clear scenarios. Long haul for a sleep - yes. I'm tall so it's a bit of a nightmare but people need to sleep.
On a short haul i don't really think it's the done thing. It's just making the person behind uncomfotable for no real benefit.
 
Probably a bit outside the box, but kind of on the same subject; I was on a coach from London on Friday and the pillock in front of me kept trying to put his seat back. He seemed to be having difficulty, primarily because I was using my knees to shove the seat back into an upright position each time he did.

Wouldn't have minded as much, but he already had one of the seats by the emergency doors, therefore one of the only two seats where he could fully stretch his legs out unlike anyone else. So for him to decide that he could also restrict the standard leg room for my 6'1" frame's legs when my seat was also at the back so therefore non-reclinable I thought was a bit rich.

He didn't seem to cotton on though as he kept trying, must have just thought his seat was knackered.
 
The seats are indeed designed to recline on some aircraft.
But the doors are designed to open too, overhead lockers designed to open, lights work, belts unfasten.
The key is at the appropriate time.

Long haul flights in darkness, most people want to sleep, blinds are closed, lights out, most people want to do the same thing and are encouraged to do so. Reclining after food has been served makes perfect sense. The domino principle naturally applies.
Daylight flights, especially shorter in length, it becomes a balance as there are different preferences. At the very least a recliner should have the conversation with folk behind.
Dickweeds who recline on a daylight shorthaul flight (if possible) and don't discuss deserve all the retribution they get.
 
You pay for your ticket, you get a seat that reclines, its up to you to recline or not. If the person behind is too fat/tall/selfish thats their problem.

I once reclined my seat on a KLM flight and the guy behind me was upset - even though he had reclined his own seat! The stewardess told him to lump it.
 
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