Is it rude for me to rest my knees on the airplane seat in front of me?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I think this is what OP must be talking about. Yes, the seat tray may prevent the person infront of you from feeling your knees. The but the force of having your knees up will push the seat up at least slightly. And everytime your shift position, the person in front of you will feel it.

This just does not look comfortable at all to me.

[Anonymous]

It’s rude. I can feel the jostling of your movement even if you think it’s very slight. (I also do not recline my seat so that’s not part of the equation.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:100% totally rude, if their seat is upright.

If they reclined their seat, do what you need to do. Because they did what they needed to do.

This. I’m not a teenager. So it would be uncomfortable to anyway. Recline a few inches and get comfortable. It’s all good. But recline all the way back on a 2-3 daytime flight? Yes, you are allowed. But it’s a dick move in economy. And it actually is pretty comfortable to put your knees on the back of a fully reclined seat. With pressure. More comfortable than sitting there with someone laying practically in your lap. They don’t want my knees in their back, they can move to a 1/3 or 1/2 recline so I can breath.

Knees in seats and fully reclining on daytime flights? Both allowed. Both really bad form. So someone fully reclines— do what you’ve got to do.

[Anonymous]

Thanks to person who posted this pic. I was trying to describe the outlandish way a teen girl sat behind me for the duration of a flight.

My conclusion is that she had no parents- because who raised her?! Of course you can’t push on the seat in front of you on a plane with your knees. That is the other person’s seat, yours is the one you are sitting in.

[Anonymous]

YES!! No one wants to sit with someone's knees in their back!

[Anonymous]

Holy, crap, yes, it’s rude!!!

[Anonymous]

F yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I still don't understand what we are talking about, I need a visual of how one puts their knees into the chair in front of them. Feet I understand (and don't approve of), but knees don't make sense to me.

This article is the situation pp referenced above, where someone has rested their knees on the seat back to protest the person who reclined their seat, but it gives you a visual.

https://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2014/09/dont-lean-on-me-the-ethics-of-the-knee-defender/

What airline has seats that recline as much as the one pictured?? When I recline (yes, on a daytime 3 hour flight), my seat goes back at most 2 inches.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I still don't understand what we are talking about, I need a visual of how one puts their knees into the chair in front of them. Feet I understand (and don't approve of), but knees don't make sense to me.

This article is the situation pp referenced above, where someone has rested their knees on the seat back to protest the person who reclined their seat, but it gives you a visual.

https://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2014/09/dont-lean-on-me-the-ethics-of-the-knee-defender/

What airline has seats that recline as much as the one pictured?? When I recline (yes, on a daytime 3 hour flight), my seat goes back at most 2 inches.

Yes, I always discount any post that goes on about “the person in front of me was practically lying in my lap.” These are not lie-flat seats. They recline back 2-3 inches, max.

[Anonymous]

When the person in front of me reclines their seat back (rude) I push my knees into their seat as hard as I can.

[Anonymous]

so rude. any time you move/shift even a little bit, they get bumped in the back. Its like a toddler kicking their feet on the drivers seat. Also, the minute you put your knees up there, they now have a bulge on the back. its so super rude.
but I also think reclining your seat is rude on any flight less than 5 hours. Be a grownup and deal.

[Anonymous]

YES! IT IS RUDE!

you stay in your own space and don't spill into anyone else's.

anytime you touch the seat in front of you the person seater there can feel it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I still don't understand what we are talking about, I need a visual of how one puts their knees into the chair in front of them. Feet I understand (and don't approve of), but knees don't make sense to me.

This article is the situation pp referenced above, where someone has rested their knees on the seat back to protest the person who reclined their seat, but it gives you a visual.

https://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2014/09/dont-lean-on-me-the-ethics-of-the-knee-defender/

What airline has seats that recline as much as the one pictured?? When I recline (yes, on a daytime 3 hour flight), my seat goes back at most 2 inches.

Yes, I always discount any post that goes on about “the person in front of me was practically lying in my lap.” These are not lie-flat seats. They recline back 2-3 inches, max.

+2
Also, as someone who’s not big on reclining seats (on a plane, in a car, at the dentist, haha), I’ve noticed most people do recline them, so it’s not an anomaly, but the norm.

That said, when seats are set to recline more deeply, passengers who flout the rule to stay upright for takeoff and landing seem like AHs.

[Anonymous]

Yes. And you know this, that is why you are asking so someone will tell you it’s okay. In fact, they love it when someone jostles their seat and pushes it forward.

[Anonymous]

Yes. It is rude.