Originally Posted by
Talking Penguin
I was referring to ET/WT seats in general, rather than differentiating between those who have paid for hand baggage or not - either way the seat is the same and well known for being less than comfortable. The price is more to do with having more space to recline freely if, when, and how much so you choose, which you generally achieve via WT+ and above. Your seat has the function to recline but, it also has the function of hurting others. My post was trying to figure where does this line lie and if there was a hardened policy or more a case-by-case basis in dealing with such incidents.
So on that line why would seats even have the recline feature in them? because it costs more to have a recline and many loco don’t have recline. There are those seats that CX were using which shuffle forward as you recline so it doesn’t impact on the person behind you.
On most long haul/red eye flights with almost any airline you will see about 70% or more of the seats are reclined so most passengers must consider it acceptable.
I’m 6ft and have no issues with anyone reclining into me, I just hit the button straight after.