Originally Posted by
oly_flyer
I'm 6'4", so I'm very aware of my reclining rate, but from my experience shorter people usually recline faster, maybe not aware that people's knees are that close to the back of their seat, due to the fact that their own knees are comfortably away from the seat in front of them.....Only expection to that rule I've seen is when there is a larger person (height + weight), and it seems that they aren't able to control the rate of recline, due to their own mass.
On most short flights I recline almost immediately on "wheels up" and take a short cat nap on climb out. If I'm in E or E+ most times I pretty much leave it there so it's not an issue later. If I see a business person trying to work behind me on a lap top I make room.