Is it appropriate to let your child kick the seat in front of them on an airplane?
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Anonymous
| Yes, when your child is 6'5" and the flight is international and the person in front reclines. Only then. |
Anonymous
And thus starts the chain reaction of everyone on the plane hating the person in front of him/her. It all starts with you. Glad you're proud of yourself. |
Anonymous
| Why wouldn't you recline your seat? Never even thought of that as being in any way bad etiquette and I fly frequently. Seats are made to recline and I expect people to recline, it doesn't bother me at all. Why would it? Flying isn't comfortable and reclining gives you a little more space. Reclining is part of flying, not bad etiquette. |
Anonymous
Agree to disagree. |
Anonymous
If they are unhappy with the seat they got, pay the extra for Economy Plus, Business, First class. Otherwise accept what you have paid for. Its not the person in front's fault. Geez. |
Anonymous
Oh, that's right. I forgot I'm on DCUM. Excuse me while I go out back and harvest my money tree. |
Anonymous
No, its right there -- if you can't afford a money tree, then accept what you have paid for. Now how is that so difficult? |
Anonymous
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And just to clarify, I mean that you have paid for a non-kick seat, which may have a seat in front of you recline.
If you don't like that, try to get a bulkhead seat, or emergency door exit (although those are now usually in economy plus). Don't just sit there and stew if the person in front of you reclines, but you refuse to because you are being "polite". That is just dumb. |
Anonymous
When someone reclines their seat, I kindly push it up for them or keep ramming my knee into their back until they sit up. I'm 6'0 and don't like having someone's head in my lap...unless it's my wifes. |
Anonymous
| Reclining is always impolite no matter which class of service you paid for. |
Anonymous
Ok, enough snarking. Honestly, I have no problem paying to fly what is essentially these days a bus with wings with not enough room for most people to be comfortable to fly for 4-6 hours (I'm often flying cross-country and I fly probably 10-15 times per year). I really just think they should not even allow the seats to recline. Have you seen the old Ellen Degeneres standup about it (hilarious, btw)? It's like 2 inches difference and you're still not that comfortable, but you're seriously encroaching on the space of the person behind you. I get that you might be a little more comfortable if you recline and want to sleep, but you have to be aware that the person behind you could be trying to work on a laptop or have a drink on their tray or otherwise use the 2 feet of space in front of their face. Yes, you paid for your seat, and yes, you are entitled to recline your seat if you so wish to give yourself that tiny bit of comfort, but if you don't realize you're probably making the person behind you more uncomfortable (let's not even get into the people in seats that don't recline), maybe you need to have a little more awareness of your surroundings. |
Anonymous
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Is this a serious question? When can you let your child kick the seat in front of them? Seriously? When they are little their legs won't reach, and when they are long enough to reach yes you need to be in control (we're talking 3+).
As for the reclining, I HATE when someone in front of me reclines, so I don't either. I can't sleep on flights, so I really have no reason to. I'm also on the tall side, 5'10" and have knee issues so I need to constantly stretch them out. |
Anonymous
No, it's actually not in fact, and your consistently calling kids brats is also not all that clever or witty (I'm assuming that was word you were going for. Might want to learn how to spell). My kid doesn't kick seats, never has because I won't let her. If you were in front of us, though, I'd instruct her to kick your seat. Hard. For the entire flight. |
Anonymous
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The last time we flew it was with a britax instead of the snap and go. DS was in perfect position to kick. So as soon as the person sat down in front of him we 1) introduced ourselves and said we would do what we could to prevent him from kicking and apologized in advance for any potential kicking and 2) DH offered to switch seats if they didn't like the kicking. Neither person (round trip) wanted to change seats and both were very happy that we had said something in advance.
And yeah, this is a stupid question. |
Anonymous
| No, your kid doesn't get to kick the seat. Take off their shoes if they won't stop, most won't kick the seat barefoot. |