Richard - Reclining your seat until it
causes me pain (or maybe economy class syndrome) is not a right.

Haven't you ever been stuck in the row in front of the exit row? Or the last row? These seats don't recline at all while the seats in front of them do. If reclining were a right, all seats would recline.

What you have a right to is a seat and transportation to your destination. By the same token, I have no right not to be reclined on. I just have a right to expect and hope for a little understanding from people.

For what it's worth, most FA's will ask someone to unrecline without hesitation, at least at meal time.

And if you are crushing my knees, you are going to feel it every time I move, it's just the physics of the situation. And I'm sure you wouldn't deny that I have a right to move my legs as much as I want.

[This message has been edited by dhacker (edited 01-08-2001).]