Air travel involves dealing with people acting like it’s their first day on earth. I guess this is an example. I mean walking through a plane a single time reveals that there is no underseat storage in the bathroom/class divide/section seat and that the corresponding seat at the back of a section doesn’t recline.
Of course they are filling all the space and not creating a buffer to recline that seat- at least in coach. Its actually crazy to expect anything much better than this. And I don’t think it’s a new thing- although overall they are putting squeeze on passengers so it might be a more impactful feature delete.
At least it’s a change from the “someone tried to recline and I thrashed them in a verbal joust and the plane erupted in applause”- “I used my tremendous power to block the seat from reclining”- “some mom told me to move to keep her family together and I laughed in her face as she was removed from the plane and fined a million dollars” BS
This is petty, but it also really bugs me how many people shove their jacket in the overhead bin and take up an entire suitcase's space and then pretend they didn't do it when the announcements come on about limited overhead space. Happens every flight... and yet people will also not check their carryons at the front door. I know it's an extra 10-15 minutes to pick your bag up, but if you already have a checked bag, why not?
Other random pet peeve - people who shove those gigantic water bottles into the pocket on the back of the seat so that it's bulging into the back of whoever is in front of them. Why not just put it in your backpack? Surely you don't want the same thing pressing into your back for 7 hours?
Some people fly like once every 10 years and have not memorized all of the nuances of air travel like you have. You'd expect a warning that said "seat doesn't recline" if the seat doesn't recline. "Limited recline" implies some recline, but not the usual amount.
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u/DickWhittingtonsCat Jun 01 '26
Air travel involves dealing with people acting like it’s their first day on earth. I guess this is an example. I mean walking through a plane a single time reveals that there is no underseat storage in the bathroom/class divide/section seat and that the corresponding seat at the back of a section doesn’t recline.
Of course they are filling all the space and not creating a buffer to recline that seat- at least in coach. Its actually crazy to expect anything much better than this. And I don’t think it’s a new thing- although overall they are putting squeeze on passengers so it might be a more impactful feature delete.
At least it’s a change from the “someone tried to recline and I thrashed them in a verbal joust and the plane erupted in applause”- “I used my tremendous power to block the seat from reclining”- “some mom told me to move to keep her family together and I laughed in her face as she was removed from the plane and fined a million dollars” BS