Reclining your seat on a plane

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HANDSOME_DAN said:
I admit I don’t like people reclining and I very rarely do it. But you are coming across very entitled like. They are allowed to do it. At the end of the day if you want loads of space there are nicer seats at the front.



It’s the top of the chair that moves back, it doesn’t really affect leg room. For the record I don’t like recliners and I don’t do it myself unless it’s a night flight. And even then not always.
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You’re coming across as a bit naive .
I think you’re underestismting just how tall 6’7 is. The whole seat depth reclines back, not just the top section. Hence how drinks etc get spilt.
 
billybobmackem2312 said:
You’re coming across as a bit naive .
I think you’re underestismting just how tall 6’7 is. The whole seat depth reclines back, not just the top section. Hence how drinks etc get spilt.
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Put your hand in a vertical position. Imagine it’s a seat back.

Recline it 45 degrees clockwise. The top moves backward. The bottom part moves forwards.

I think you expect special treatment because you are tall, you are just too cheap to pay for it.
 
HANDSOME_DAN said:
Glad you are happy now :)
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Yes mate, everyone else must be a duck egg and want special treatment for hating recliners.

Charlie Chimp said:
What was he having a go at you for? You exercised your god given right to knee the fuck outta any kernt who reclines his/her chair. Shame the yank wasn't clued up at you.

Was on a long haul flight and I wouldn't let this wifey put her chair all the way back cos I jammed my knees in there. It took her and the stewardess ages to work out why. They asked me to stop. I said no.



Kernts recline.

If the cap fits.
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Tbf he did realise what I was talking about once he calmed down and thought about the situation.
 
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billybobmackem2312 said:
Yes mate, everyone else must be a duck egg and want special treatment for hating recliners.
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I don’t like them either mate, but you are seeking special treatment in stopping them doing what they are entitled to do. The options are to (a) ask them nicely to stop it (b) suck it up and grumble or (c) pay to sit in the front.
 
HANDSOME_DAN said:
I don’t like them either mate, but you are seeking special treatment in stopping them doing what they are entitled to do. The options are to (a) ask them nicely to stop it (b) suck it up and grumble or (c) pay to sit in the front.
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I’m not seeking special treatment, if she had I’ve asked me (the courteous thing to do) I would have shifted to the seat she went into, instead she tried to slam her seat back.

(a) unfortunately I could not speak her language.
(b) mate where else am I meant to put my legs and knees, I could not stretch them out so she could recline and it was an economy flight.
(c) not everyone can afford to pay 5 figures for first class.
Should I mention that the flight had 6 extra leg room seats and they were all booked?
 
billybobmackem2312 said:
I’m not seeking special treatment, if she had I’ve asked me (the courteous thing to do) I would have shifted to the seat she went into, instead she tried to slam her seat back.

(a) unfortunately I could not speak her language.
(b) mate where else am I meant to put my legs and knees, I could not stretch them out so she could recline and it was an economy flight.
(c) not everyone can afford to pay 5 figures for first class.
Should I mention that the flight had 6 extra leg room seats and they were all booked?
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I think it’s possible to achieve (a) without speaking the lingo, if it’s really important to you. Just point at the button and pull a sad face :(
 
HANDSOME_DAN said:
I think it’s possible to achieve (a) without speaking the lingo, if it’s really important to you. Just point at the button and pull a sad face :(
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I stated in my original post that she couldn’t recline because my knees were in the back of the seat, this wasn’t by choice :lol:

Obviously the courteous thing to do is to ask the person behind when reclining, as been stated numerous times in this thread.
Out of interest, how tall are you?
 
billybobmackem2312 said:
I stated in my original post that she couldn’t recline because my knees were in the back of the seat, this wasn’t by choice :lol:

Obviously the courteous thing to do is to ask the person behind when reclining, as been stated numerous times in this thread.
Out of interest, how tall are you?
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It is the courteous thing to do, but you are a naive traveller if you expect Chinese people to respect your personal space. Your height is your issue, not anyone else’s. You probably appreciate it most of the time when you aren’t flying. And no I don’t have little man syndrome, I’m a few inches shorter than you.
 
HANDSOME_DAN said:
It is the courteous thing to do, but you are a naive traveller if you expect Chinese people to respect your personal space. Your height is your issue, not anyone else’s. You probably appreciate it most of the time when you aren’t flying. And no I don’t have little man syndrome, I’m a few inches shorter than you.
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So you’re about 6,4? In which case you should understand that someone reclining on you on an economy flight is a no.

Hey, it wasn’t an issue, I had a fine time. The bloke who kicked off was about 5’8 and he couldn’t eat his breakfast because of how far the seats went back.

Other than paying 10 grand for a first class seat, I fail to see your solution to this.
 
billybobmackem2312 said:
So you’re about 6,4? In which case you should understand that someone reclining on you on an economy flight is a no.

Hey, it wasn’t an issue, I had a fine time. The bloke who kicked off was about 5’8 and he couldn’t eat his breakfast because of how far the seats went back.

Other than paying 10 grand for a first class seat, I fail to see your solution to this.
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It’s not a no! It’s just a no in your entitled head! It’s not perfect manners granted and like I said “I don’t do it” but it’s absolute bollocks that you physically can’t eat because a seat is reclined, it’s just uncomfortable. And a seat in the front is nowhere near ten grand. Business 2-4
 
HANDSOME_DAN said:
It’s not a no! It’s just a no in your entitled head! It’s not perfect manners granted and like I said “I don’t do it” but it’s absolute bollocks that you physically can’t eat because a seat is reclined, it’s just uncomfortable. And a seat in the front is nowhere near ten grand. Business 2-4
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It was a no because my knees were pressed up against the seat in front, I can’t even put the f***ing tray down because of the length of my legs, what aren’t you f***ing getting with this :lol:

Business was about 5 grand, you obviously have that sort of money to throw around, others aren’t as wealthy as yourself.
 
billybobmackem2312 said:
It was a no because my knees were pressed up against the seat in front, I can’t even put the f***ing tray down because of the length of my legs, what aren’t you f***ing getting with this :lol:

Business was about 5 grand, you obviously have that sort of money to throw around, others aren’t as wealthy as yourself.
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I think you are being way over dramatic. You are a few inches taller than me but only about half of that is leg length, I have nowhere near your issues. Anyway, I think we are done. Happy travels :)
 
HANDSOME_DAN said:
I think you are being way over dramatic. You are a few inches taller than me but only about half of that is leg length, I have nowhere near your issues. Anyway, I think we are done. Happy travels :)
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Aye over dramatic, I’ll leave me legs in the checked baggage next time.
Ya must have a 30’ inch leg and a 5 foot body :lol:

Happy travels chief
 
Worth noting that the seats have to be in the upright position on take off and landing , so if anyone has reclined just before either it will soon be sorted.
 
HANDSOME_DAN said:
I admit I don’t like people reclining and I very rarely do it. But you are coming across very entitled like. They are allowed to do it. At the end of the day if you want loads of space there are nicer seats at the front.



It’s the top of the chair that moves back, it doesn’t really affect leg room. For the record I don’t like recliners and I don’t do it myself unless it’s a night flight. And even then not always.
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You f***ing what mate? Entitled? f***ing considerate more like. You say if I want more space to pay more? Errr I've never reclined a seat in my life. But I'll stop any fucker trying to recline on me. So tell that line to someone who thinks reclining 3 inches is worth it.

You sound like your one of the knobs that I've stopped being a kernt.
 
nyron4england said:
Anybody that reclines their seat on a 2.5 hr flight is a grade a womble of cock. If someone did that to me, then after asking nicely didn't put it up, I'd consistently kick it then apologise sarcastically until they either put it up, or started something they couldn't finish.
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I did it on a hr and a bit flight from Paris last month. No way would you have woken me up, the landing didn’t even wake me up.
 
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