<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by PappaG:
Well spoken! Of course you have the right to recline. If people won't accept they should fly an airline not offering recline or not fly Y.
But of course it should be done with respect. You take a quick look behind you to check everything is ok or say something to the person and then recline slowly.
I thought this was obvious!</font>
If you've flown much, then you'd see as "obvious" that most people are not reclining with respect. Most people just jam on that button and fly backwards without the slightest glance backwards.
By the way, you suggest F as an option, but, despite the slightly larger seat pitch offered in F (most of which is taken by the seat, not providing extra legroom), the greater recline offered in F means that it is often worse. My example above was in F, and it was miserable.
Things would be much better if people actually did observe the "obvious" and recline with respect and understand that it isn't always possible.