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Originally Posted by gprsh924
Frequent flyers don't recline (as a rule of thumb).
The amount of comfort gained by reclining your seat is so minuscule compared to the amount of leg and general real estate that you eat up for the person behind you. I fly a lot and am not always able upgrade to the additional legroom seat. I don't recline (other than international or redeye flights when everyone is sleeping).
If it's a short flight (less than 3 hours) and you must recline your seat, please do so gently, or perhaps by giving the person behind you a heads up. Rather than jamming your entire body weight backward directly into my knees. Or right into my iPad and drink that are on the tray table right after the flight attendant did drink service.
And please don't ask to climb over me on a short flight to use the bathroom. Go before you board and once you deplane. It's not that hard.
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As you recline the seat, it changes the curvature of the seat relative to your spine. I have this same issue with the 944, I'd like an upright seating position, but the curvature of the seat puts the seat sticking out at all the points my back sticks out, and sticking in at all the points my back sticks in. Mega uncomfortable for more than thirty minutes. Reclining, shifts the points of contact of the seat, bring things somewhat into alignment, but not quite.
Its just a small amount of recline, I have never had issue with the people in front reclining the seat, in fact, I'm almost always behind someone who does.
Amazing that I flew for years without knowing how I needed to correct everyone around me, and myself on how they shouldn't recline their seats. Guess its a recent rule? Reguardless, I try not to fly anymore.
Also, pretty much every flight I did was cross country, either for west coast work related conventions, west coast kart racing, or cross ocean flying, so maybe that is the difference.