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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 4:57 pm
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Originally Posted by gosha83
This means that you are NOT to use my chair to pull yourself up out of your seat
People don't seem to get this, do they? It's one really good thing about shell seats in BC (or F).

Originally Posted by gosha83
This means NOT reclining your seat with such fury as to crack the lid of my laptop because it caught on the tray-table latch (I’d especially like to thank the lady seated in 19B on United Flight 920 on February 21st from San Diego to Dulles for that one). I don’t care if you want to recline your seat, just GO SLOWLY.
JL used to show a video during boarding that illustrated proper etiquette. It included cute cartoons showing someone slamming the seat back into the unfortunate person behind, then showed a big red "X" to let you know that this was what you weren't supposed to do. Then it showed the pax in front looking around at the person behind, asking if it was OK, and only then reclining.

They also illustrated improperly stowed luggage hurting someone; taking a bag out of the bin and hitting someone with it, etc. It was a great video. I was sorry that on my most recent JL flights they seemed to have stopped showing it.
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