Originally Posted by
lost*in*cyberspace
Wow, that looks terrible for the person sitting in the seat in front of the car seat. They not only cannot recline at all, any movement by your child is going to jostle their seat. I would never use a rear facing seat on a plane unless a family member could sit in the seat in front.
IME, quite the contrary. We've taken both our kids around the world in a Cosco Scenera. It does fit backwards--in every plane we've ever tried, including various flavors of regional jets. When it's backwards, any kicking the kid does is of his/her own seat. When forward-facing, kicking will inevitably be of the seat in front of them.
Now, it is true that in many coach cabins, pitch is sufficiently tight that it does deny the person in front the ability to recline, especially in the older style seats that recline into the space behind. (Many newer seats recline in place by sliding the seat bottom forward, so they do not encroach on the passenger behind.)
I agree that bulkheads are ideal for a number of reasons, but I've never head a problem physically rear-facing a Scenera. I have, however, encountered FAs who insist it is not "allowed" (contrary to all FAA rules/regs to my knowledge) and so have spun it around rather than get into a fight about it.