Anonymous
Post 06/24/2024 21:56     Subject: Plane etiquette
Anonymous wrote:Everyone reclines. Why do you say 90% don’t recline???


+1 don’t know what op is talking about. Especially long flights where sleeping is possible.
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2024 21:53     Subject: Plane etiquette
Anonymous wrote:My pet peeve (which is in my opinion unreasonable) is watching a movie when your seat mate is trying to sleeve. Those screens are so bright and distracting. But also it’s not at all reasonable for me tell a stranger to stop watching their show so I just bring an eye mask. Airplane travel isn’t supposed to be fun, it’s supposed to get you from A to B as quickly as possible.


Well, I can’t sleep on planes, so I watch TV.
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2024 21:35     Subject: Plane etiquette
Anonymous wrote:https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2022/10/04/airplane-behaviors-reclining-seats-overhead-bins-shoes/8129315001/

Reclining your seat on the plane has been called "one of the most irritating, inconvenient, self-indulgent habits" on a flight. Those extra two inches are often the center of heated debates, especially as airlines squeeze more passengers onto planes.

The survey found that over 77% of people find reclining an airplane seat all the way rude. However, nearly one-third of survey respondents said that even though it's rude, they still fully recline their seats. But the majority of those people said they ask the person behind them first.


I've never had someone ask before reclining. I've never even seen anyone ask.
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2024 21:31     Subject: Plane etiquette
Anonymous wrote:I paid for my ticket. If the airline gives me the option to recline I'll use it. Take it up with the airline if you don't like it. It's just using a feature you paid for. Dela with it.


Well-said
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2024 21:31     Subject: Plane etiquette
Anonymous wrote:Recline away. If the seat allows it, I have no issue with it.


Totally agree
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2024 21:30     Subject: Plane etiquette
Anonymous wrote:I have very long legs and when the person in front reclines, the seat bangs my knees and pushes on them. Its very painful.


I have long legs and I wedge them up against the seat in front of me so that the person in front of me thinks that their seat is broken and won't recline. Eventually they give up.
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2024 21:20     Subject: Plane etiquette
I recline. I have no issues if you recline. The seats are made to recline and so I will recline my seat if I need to. But I won’t do it fast. I’ll make sure the person’s head isn’t in the way.
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2024 21:19     Subject: Plane etiquette
I paid for my ticket. If the airline gives me the option to recline I'll use it. Take it up with the airline if you don't like it. It's just using a feature you paid for. Dela with it.
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2024 21:14     Subject: Plane etiquette
My pet peeve (which is in my opinion unreasonable) is watching a movie when your seat mate is trying to sleeve. Those screens are so bright and distracting. But also it’s not at all reasonable for me tell a stranger to stop watching their show so I just bring an eye mask. Airplane travel isn’t supposed to be fun, it’s supposed to get you from A to B as quickly as possible.
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2024 21:10     Subject: Plane etiquette
I don’t see the issue with reclining. I don’t unless it’s a red eye but unless you’re tall enough the reclined seat wacks your knee so don’t think there’s any reason to complain. They’re allowed to sit how they like.

The people standing in the aisle are usually either air sick/bad travellers or waiting for the bathroom. Just focus on your movie/phone/book.

I do take my shoes off the instant I get on a plane if the flight’s over 5 hours but I never have bare feet (too cold plus ew who knows what has been on that floor). I have special plane slippers specifically for long haul flights.
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2024 20:14     Subject: Plane etiquette
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We fly overnight often. Everybody reclines when the lights go off. OP is ridiculous.



There's a difference between overnight international flights and shorter daytime domestic flights. The configuration is usually different. There's a little more space. But on shorter daytime flights when reclining obviously really impacts the person behind? Yeah, it's a jerk move. Absolutely everyone will hate you.


I'm good with that. I will always recline. Always. And no, I don't go flying back. I go slowly and not during beverage service. If some random people on the plane hate me, oh well.
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2024 20:08     Subject: Plane etiquette
I have very long legs and when the person in front reclines, the seat bangs my knees and pushes on them. Its very painful.
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2024 20:01     Subject: Plane etiquette
Anonymous wrote:We fly overnight often. Everybody reclines when the lights go off. OP is ridiculous.



There's a difference between overnight international flights and shorter daytime domestic flights. The configuration is usually different. There's a little more space. But on shorter daytime flights when reclining obviously really impacts the person behind? Yeah, it's a jerk move. Absolutely everyone will hate you.
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2024 19:52     Subject: Plane etiquette
Anonymous wrote:I can keep my zen about anything except BARE FEEEEETTTTTT


That is just wrong. That’s not etiquette that’s decency.
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2024 19:51     Subject: Re:Plane etiquette
Anonymous wrote:I had someone recline so quickly they bashed my head. Don't do that.


That happened to me last week, the guy was so heavy it came at force as I was bending to get my iPad from my backpack under his seat.

My earphone headband saved my head, but he never even acknowledged it