Originally Posted by
Yachtman
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.
An outdated feature that is being currently replaced, possibly because of the reasons you mentioned. Afaik there isn't a safety reason for seats to keep this feature but, I'm happy to be corrected on that one.
Originally Posted by
Yachtman
There are those seats that CX were using which shuffle forward as you recline so it doesn’t impact on the person behind you.
Never flown CX before but, this sounds like a reasonable compromise. However, as you mentioned, it's more expensive to have reclining seats. If the general trend is to be saving money then I can't imagine it being the next new thing sadly.
Originally Posted by
Yachtman
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 think people are misinterpreting my post. I really don't care about the reclining function, so I'm not saying whether reclining is acceptable or not. I'm simply amazed that people are so passionate about it. As I said, I'm small enough where the issues discussed in here don't really affect me and I mostly fly WT+ or CW anyway. My post is really to do with whether BA has any rules, policies, or even guidance about where a conflict of interest between 2 people arises. Or is it simply left up to the crew on the day to make a subjective decision, ultimately leaving them open to abuse from passengers and/or inconsistencies between different crews?