<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by goldmedallionflyer:
Great to know your dad was fine!
I am puzzled, though, at how a reclined seat, which could at most contact his knees, caused your dad to pass out. I's 6'3" and have returned home with bruised knees on more flights than I care to count - but I've never been even close to a blackout from seatback applied pressure to my knees. Self induced stress caused the blackout - maybe - but the reclined seat position directly at cause for his blackout ... highly unlikely.
GMF</font>
He didn't pass out from bruised knees. He passed out from eating bad food. The idiot in front of him, seeing the commotion going on didn't have the courtesy to lift his seat, even a little bit. Can you imagine a doctor trying to take your blood pressure or check your heart in the space left after someone is fully reclined?
Mary