<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Kremmen:
I must say I've never seen that happen and, while I'd personally wait until the plane was starting to level out, I wouldn't worry about them. The safety issue is negligible: Plane passengers are almost always either alive or in a ball of flame. The chance of ones seat position making a difference is probably similar to that of my being struck by lightning while writing this post. (I'm indoors and the sun is out where I am, btw.)</font>
I beg to disagree ... over 90% of passengers in a crash die from the fire. The MOST important thing is to get out as quickly as possible. If someone's recline on their seat stops me from doing this, I would not be very happy.