Recline or not?
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Anonymous
| I do not travel often at all. Tomorrow, I am taking a 12 hour flight. I don't want to be a rude traveler to my fellow passengers, especially the one behind me. So I am uncertain if it is uncouth to recline? Please advise. Thanks. |
Anonymous
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You're overthinking this. Yes, recline. On a 12 hour flight one is expected to sleep. Everyone will be reclining. The air will smell like farts, people will take off their shoes, the lights will be off.
Recline. |
Anonymous
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Not all the way back, unless the person behind is short.
Signed, Person with long legs who hates having the seat in front of her dig into her knees |
Anonymous
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I would be far more concerned about taking in sufficient water and getting up at least once an hour to walk around to avoid deep-vein thrombosis.
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Anonymous
| Literally the only time it's OK to recline, IMHO, is on a long flight like that. 6 hrs or less, tough it out (barring legitimate back issues). Bring a pillow and light weight blanket, swallow a sleeping pill, and wake up on the flip side. |
Anonymous
This made me LOL. So true. Recline. |
Anonymous
| Recline and bring sleep meds with you. And a blanket and socks. |
Anonymous
| Recline, but only after meal trays have all been picked up. |
Anonymous
This reminds me of a time I took a red-eye flight from Seattle. The person in front of me reclined basically into my lap (and I'm not super tall either-- 5'8") so that every time I moved at all, I would bump her seat. She kept turning around and giving me the hairy eyeball. I really should have been more assertive and said, "LISTEN LADY! Don't recline into my GD lap and I won't disturb your precious sleep!" But I didn't. Major regret. 
Anyway, I think it's fine to recline; it's not okay to basically be laying on top of someone. Just be reasonable about it, OP. |