Originally Posted by
kerflumexed
When I lived in the Northeast and flying USAir, at wheels up it seemed like everyone reclined their seats. After moving to Texas and flying AUS-DAL-HOU-AUS a bunch I noticed that almost no one reclined their seats, even at 6am. On the early flights and the 5-6pm flights, most pax were bankers, attorneys, lobbyists, etc. Anyway, there seemed to be a culture of respect and courtesy.
My friends who are pilots will always look behind before reclining and will do it gently as opposed to the jerk in front of you that slams his/her seat back.
Exactly. Just because the seats recline doesn't mean you are entitled to recline your seat with no respect towards common courtesy. People wonder why airline travel is so bad these days. Yes, the airlines are largely to blame. But people ignoring respect and common courtesy are important factors too.