<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by HigherFlyer:
I am disabled. I need to recline or suffer severe pain. If you try ANY of the above cr&p behind MY seat I will have you arrested for assault. If you don't beleive me, just try it.</font>
I would welcome the opportunity to have the police laugh in your face. I seriously doubt they would do anything. The only time that anything like an arrest would happen is if the FA on the aircraft ordered me to stop and I ignored it. And if that happened, I would simply tell her that I too had a medical condition that required getting up and down frequently, which would probably result in getting me reseated.
If you decided to persist in your "complaint" at that point, I would welcome a police presence at the gate, as the problem would be solved quickly and in my favor. And then the fun would begin, as I would happily initiate as many civil actions against you as possible. Payback can be hallacious; I suggest you remember that when trying to assert your reclining "rights".
The fact still remains that the space behind and in front of your seat is shared space, and the person sitting behind you has the right to some of it too. Just because you have a disability does not mean that you have the right to get your way 100% of the time.
I happen to be rather large person (tall and overweight)-- that can be considered a disability too. I think that the airlines have an obligation to accommodate me too. They should always provide me with a first class seat at no additional charge over a deeply discounted economy ticket, so as to accommodate my disability.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by HigherFlyer:
By the way, I DO have a right to the space where my seat reclines, unless the flight attendant has a specific reason why not. If you think you should own the space in front of your seat, perhapse you should get your own plane.</font>
If you think you have an absolute right to stick your hair within inches of my face, then perhaps you should get your own plane too. When you buy a plane ticket and get on an aircraft, you have a right to get from point A to point B. That's all the airlines have sold you, and that's all you're entitled to. There is no specific guarantee on your ticket that you have the right to recline your seat; you can only do it because the person sitting behind you is nice enough to let you do so.
I think this is one area where we're just going to have to agree to disagree, as further discussion with me from your perspective is useless. I have just as much of a right to fly in comfort as you do.