Originally Posted by samosa

Yeah but this is a safety thing. Why don't people with long legs buy the seat in front of them? Why don't people with carseats just buy first class seats? Really as seat pitch has declined so has the amount of space for carseats and of course carseats have gotten bigger. It is a balance but when I have flown with one the seat in front reclines, but only partially. Whose space is it? Well I know the knee defender arguments and don't think this is the right place for that. However, if there was a kid behind me and parents paid for a seat (not free and happened to be empty), I wouldn't complain if I could not recline.