On Tue, 24 Sep 2024 12:03:34 +1200, Crash <
nogood@dontbother.invalid>
wrote:
On 23 Sep 2024 22:41:19 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/350426780/couple-gets-life-ban-flying-cathay-pacific-because-row-over-reclining-seat
Once again good to see that anti social behaviour results in concequences. >>We do not want you distrubution on board so please do no ask for a ticket.
An interesting statistic in the article
More than a quarter (27%) believe it’s your right as a paying passenger to >>recline whenever you choose, while a slightly smaller number (26%) said no >>to reclining altogether."
Why do those 27% not understand that this reclining issue is not about you >>rights as a paying passanger but rather about doing to others as you would >>have them done unto you.
I suspect that the "no to reclining altogether" are about as
intolerant as to 27% group - meaning that over half are fairly
intolerant of other passengers. No wonder the airlines have problems;
but my experience is that most are prepared to compromise at least to
a certain extent. It is normal to have seats upright for meals - again
I have not seen significant problems with that.
There are 2 solutions to this problem that are never mentioned.
One is to used fixed seating - no reclining available. This would
appeal to everyone who does not like others reclining their seat.
I have found that, contrary to that survey, most people are happy to
have the person in front recline at least a small distance - and
especially when lights are turned off during a "night" flight. It is
the extreme recliners that cause problems, especially if seat distance
is bad - I recall a British Airways flight when I was in the back of a
section and unable to recline, and my knees could not go straight
forward sue to seat pitch - we always checked seat pitch after that.
Option 2 is to disable the recline control during meal service. This
would only require that recline controls be electrically operated and >centrally switched.
I agree this would fix the problem, and I suspect cause little fuss,
and could be used for some arguments outside meal service time.
I an only conclude that airlines do not consider the problem to be big
enough to adopt either solution.
I agree - as the article says, saving weight is very important -
non-reclining seats may become the norm . . .
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