Originally Posted by
21H21J
*Lottery prizes include: no recline, auto recline, rapid recline, and the grand prize: A seat that works!
I have unfortunately had the "auto recline" seat a fair number of times on UA.
It's really annoying, IMHO.
Originally Posted by
flymetokix
I always have these nightmares about someone in front of me reclining quickly and snapping my laptop screen off. If I am working, I will often just politely ask the person in front of me to give me a heads up before they slam their seat back. Everyone I have asked has always been pleasant about it, and I haven't lost a laptop yet !
Hmm, good to know... as I have had a laptop damaged by a rapid-recliner before. They managed to recline so quickly it caught the top of the screen in the top of the traytable "slot" and broke the screen's housing and damaged the hinge (fortunately didn't break the screen itself!) I try to position my laptop so that it's not possible for that to happen, but in some Y seats, even with the laptop as far from the seatback as possible, a quick recliner still hits the screen.
Originally Posted by
JSlo
Not just b/c he kept spaz reclining all the time, but this guy's generally annoying demeanor in the cabin and loud personal habits would have warranted the "air vent" treatment for sure.
I've been in F before when the FA would walk by and ask the person to put up their seat, and they'd do so. Then as soon as the FA had gone by, they'd recline again.
(And it was clear they were deliberately reclining, and not just a victim of a broken, "auto-reclining" seat.) They also put their feet up on the armrest of the people in front of them.
I may not like all the seat rules for taxi & takeoff/landing (for example, the headrest on the typical domestic F seat on UA hurts my neck and back when it's pushed fully down for those occasions), but I follow the rules nonetheless.
Originally Posted by
onthewineroute
I am one of those people who tends to be a bit more considerate of those behind me, whether in F or Y. I rarely recline on a shorter flight and when I do, its only slightly.
Me, too. At 6'4"+ and as someone who has had his knees crushed several times by pax (worst was a guy who asked the FA to get me to move my legs when my knees prevented his full recline in an E- seat--I told the FA, WHERE THE HECK DO YOU EXPECT ME TO PUT THEM?
), I tend to be pretty considerate of the person behind me. I glance back to see if they're tall or working, etc., and if so, recline slightly or not at all, vs. a full recline.
Oddly enough, you will find this to be an uncommon courtesy, which seems far outweighed by those indignant at the very thought that your knees might somehow prevent them the full recline of the seat they paid for, and what a terribly inconsiderate jerk I might be for asking them not to do so.