Rudi... you hit the nail on the head on
the recliner issue (Or the down button on the
seat.)

When I recline, I do it in spirts, to see how
the person behind me reacts. If there's a
problem they will say something and I will
stop.

Quiet Lion (another cat on Flyertalk... great!) I don't think you would simply plop
the chair down on someone else.

Have you also noticed that some of the recliners on planes also don't work (can't
recline down, the foot rest doesn't come up.)

One man in my SFO to EWR had that problem and
simply moved to the seat behind him. I had
a similar problem in an AA flight to DFW
but could not move... completely booked.
CATMAN