Originally Posted by
bloodyeyeballs
This is why I rarely post here, as I do not need to get flamed by my comments. Nevertheless, no matter what plane you are on, you chose the red eye, you chose the crappy night's sleep and have some consideration for the person behind you and keep the seat upright until takeoff. Try to deal with it, everyone else seems to.
Nobody was flaming you. Your comments were just unrelated to what happened.
The people behind were settled in. I take cat naps while on the ground frequently - there can be as much as 45 minutes or more if there are delays from boarding to push back. My issue was not related to whether or not the flight was a red eye. In fact on my flight out, a 3pm departure, we sat on the ground at EWR for multiple hours and I reclined and slept.
The question was if the FA was correct in stating that his request was policy, or was he doing it for some other reason. Please stop trying to make this a case of etiquette as it is not. You are ignoring my questions and creating some alternate scenario you want to answer.