With these changes comes a reduction in seat pitch and recline, but Southwest insists it is not sacrificing customer comfort and personal space. “We did reduce recline from 3in to 2in. However, this seat design doesn’t make you have a feeling of needing to recline as much as our current seat does
Considering I've seen 8 - 10 YO kids recline, so I don't think will stop them from doing it
The 32'' does give my knees a break from recliners, but not by much. I guess time will tell.