anti-recline device causes fight on plane/2 kicked off

krazykuda said

Are you saying that the person sitting behind has more right to be comfortable than the person in the front?

How is reclining in your seat being inconsiderate?

You are just trying to get comfortable when you are packed in like sardines. Both people should be comfortable, not one or the other.

It's more inconsiderate/selfish to force someone else to be uncomfortable so that you can be comfortable. Reasonable people should compromise and not act like jackasses.


Another reason that I rarely fly... Only when I have to.

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I agree with you - reasonable people should compromise and not act like jackasses.

Of course the person behind has no more right to be comfortable than the one in front - and no less. That's exactly my point.

Your statement: "It's more inconsiderate/selfish to force someone else to be uncomfortable so that you can be comfortable." applies equally to both the person in the back as well as in the front.

Reclining becomes inconsiderate when the person behind you is made uncomfortable by the reclined seat. Nobody has questioned that the "jerk" in this story was uncomfortable, they just had an issue with how he dealt with the situation. (I would not use the "Knee Defender" myself). So, is the solution just that he should be uncomfortable so that the person in front can be comfortable?

Reminds me of the old saying, "Your Liberty To Swing Your Fist Ends Just Where My Nose Begins"

And worth repeating - reasonable people should compromise and not act like jackasses. (If only we didn't have to deal with the unreasonable people!)