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Old Nov 8, 2017 | 11:01 am
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Originally Posted by shza
If the child was a "toddler," then it couldn't have been a rear-facing seat which, IIRC, are really only used for the first ~6 months. (At the same time, I agree that the description of a "thunk" upon hitting the seat doesn't really make sense for a forward-facing seat, since the recline presumably would be hitting the kid's legs in that case.)

I wish airlines would just remove the recline option in coach. There isn't really room for it.
Gotta wonder if the recliner would have cared if she'd crushed the kids legs either. Likely to have felt that a child with legs was an imposition on her.
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