I can easily answer this question: Hell, No!
The airlines need to remove all reclining seats. I’m sick of someone taking what little space I have on a plane and having to look at their mottled head all the way across country.
Of course, if we taught people better posture and how to behave in public, we wouldn’t be having this conversation….
Of course, we wouldn’t be having this conversation if airlines treated people like people, instead of cargo, and actually gave them space and tried to make them comfortable…
But this is the real world….
(CNN) — The passenger in seat 9C was ready for a nap after takeoff, so he pushed the button on his armrest and reclined — straight into the path of someone who apparently wouldn’t have it.
Tensions grew quickly on the American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Denver on November 22, court papers show.
The incident adds fuel to a debate that seems to divide air travelers into two camps: those who say that reclining their seat on a plane is a right that comes when they buy a ticket and those who believe it’s a privilege that shouldn’t be abused.
As Brian Dougal leaned back on the Denver-bound flight late last month, he felt someone bump his seat, according to a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court of Colorado.
“Are you serious? My knees are up against the seat,” said the man behind him, identified as Tomislav Zelenovic, according to the complaint.
Dougal suggested that Zelenovic also recline, slide into an empty seat next to him or move his legs to the side. Dougal told the man in 10C that he paid for his seat and was going to recline it.
Zelenovic then shook the back of Dougal’s seat and grabbed his right ear, pulling it back and down with enough force to knock Dougal’s glasses off his face, according to the complaint.
When the plane landed in Denver, police officers escorted Zelenovic off the flight. He was charged with assault “by striking, beating, or wounding on an aircraft” and has pleaded not guilty. Zelenovic’s attorney declined to comment on the case for this article.
Heated debate
Few arguments over reclining seats go that far, but as cabins grow more crowded and cramped, it’s easy to find eye rolling, seething frustration or downright resistance coming from behind travelers who choose to push the armrest button.
Steve Collins, an Australian broadcaster who runs the blog Grumpy’s Getaway Guide, argues that he shouldn’t have to put up with passengers who lean back and invade his personal space.
Lost in the 21st Century 