I'll recline on longer flights

Apr 14, 2018
10:07:40am

donnerstag All-American

without regard for whoever is behind me. It's a right of passage when you buy a ticket that you can recline your seat at your discretion. Everybody knows this and so asking for permission is unnecessary.

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Time

POLL: Reclining your seat on a flight:

mikecito

4/14/18 8:30am

Fly FC, Business Class and recline

Heinz57

4/14/18 8:32am

Well that’s not the standard. Congrats tho.

shimmy

4/14/18 8:33am

FC, BC recline...very much

Heinz57

4/14/18 8:36am

RE: FC, BC recline...very much

LiveCoug

4/14/18 8:37am

Wow. I’m very impressed.

shimmy

4/14/18 8:37am

Don't be...IF you do travel though

Heinz57

4/14/18 8:43am

I think you can fly recliner the whole way in economy though. I think it’s possible.

SuperTank

4/14/18 9:44am

I’ve seen it happen. I agree it’s possible.

mikecito

4/14/18 9:45am

Hey tall dude, pick a better airline. They vary.

Paco

4/14/18 8:50am

TL/DR version: fly jet blue or southwest. Avoid United

Paco

4/14/18 8:50am

Why would I fly economy when I can fly FC?

Heinz57

4/14/18 9:29am

CAN YOU PLEASE MAKE ANOTHER POST BRAGGING ABOUT HOW YOU FLY FIRST CLASS THANKS SO MUCH

SuperTank

4/14/18 9:49am

Simple solution: Stop reading my posts

Heinz57

4/14/18 10:10am

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dreamlvr

4/14/18 10:37am

It’s always okay, but I rarely do it.

StantonMac

4/14/18 8:34am

Totally within your rights. Rude to inconvenience somebody else.

shimmy

4/14/18 8:37am

Okay. So on a red eye I can totally jam up the guy behind me?

StalwartBraveTrue

4/16/18 11:07pm

It's amazing that two inches of recline causes the reactions that it does. It's

wabluecoug

4/14/18 8:41am

Those two inches are already occupied by my knees.

shimmy

4/14/18 8:45am

Why is it amazing? Is it that hard to understand?

Acorn

4/14/18 8:53am

I always recognize the informal exchange. I’ll help you get your bag up into the overhead bin

shimmy

4/14/18 9:01am

Recline=inferiority complex? Could it simply be a matter of comfort?

delux_247

4/14/18 9:14am

Exactly. The small person demonstrates their inferiority complex by prioritizing their comfort in the recline (which is

shimmy

4/14/18 10:03am

uhhh...

delux_247

4/14/18 10:42am

Wow! So mad.

Fatalplacebo

4/14/18 9:48am

How do you get mad out of that? No caps, no angry words

Acorn

4/14/18 9:53am

6’2”

Fatalplacebo

4/14/18 9:55am

You would be surprised the difference 2 inches can make

Epileptic Beagle

4/14/18 9:11am

What kind of pathetic world do we live in where this is an issue?

Dissenter

4/14/18 8:46am

Sports board world.

Heinz57

4/14/18 8:47am

In a world where airlines have decided to make a few extra bucks reducing leg

dreamlvr

4/14/18 8:58am

I always recline. If someone sitting behind me makes a fuss I'll accomodate

delux_247

4/14/18 9:17am

It’s rude to not ask

Josef K

4/14/18 9:17am

"Hi, I need to sleep, can I recline?" "No." "Oh, well, I need to sleep, sorry."

runnincoug

4/14/18 9:22am

“Sorry, but the a-hole in front of me put their seat down. I have to do it also

Josef K

4/14/18 9:51am

Your comparison to reclining a car seat fully back makes real sense.

Fatalplacebo

4/14/18 9:43am

On a plane to inches is someone’s lap

Josef K

4/14/18 9:48am

No it’s not. Quit exaggerating.

Fatalplacebo

4/14/18 9:52am

Bull, you can eat. Laptop no, but that's your problem. If you have work to

Kerbouchard

4/14/18 9:56am

It’s always ok, but I never do it because I know how much I don’t like it when someone does it to me.

SuperTank

4/14/18 9:43am

I'll recline on longer flights

donnerstag

4/14/18 10:07am

If someone tall is sitting behind you, you aren’t going to

Nat Gas Man

4/14/18 11:41am

Some of the newer seats have a new reclining mechanism which shortens my legroom when I recline. Makes the answer easy

Rhino84

4/16/18 12:38pm

How about we discuss a real issue: wearing foul-smelling botanical extracts on

StalwartBraveTrue

4/16/18 11:22pm

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