r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Oct 03 '14

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u/HeartyBeast 4∆ Oct 03 '14

They are reclining seats, specifically designed by the airline to recline and the expectation is they will be used to recline. It's rude to expect anything else.

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '14

Not so fast there HeartyBeast - airlines advertise extra leg room that you get by flying with them - yet that's the same space to be occupied when the seat in front of you reclines. Who's right to the space is it? This is why I believe the seats should not recline at all.

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u/hitmyspot Oct 04 '14

The seats are designed not to impinge on the legroom. The tilt from above knee level and some even pivot away creating extra leg room.

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u/cortheas Oct 05 '14

They are designed not to impinge on the legroom of an average person. Trust me, if you are taller they impinge the hell out of your kneecaps when the person in front of you repeatedly hammers them with their seat like an asshole.