Second legroom divert
08-31-2014, 08:24 PM
#21
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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar
The story is a knee jerk reaction ... .
Literally, there is a reason they test your reflexes by lightly striking the Patellar Ligament. It is a very sensitive spot and if you do not react, something's wrong with you.
Can you imagine getting hit by a reflex hammer with 100 lbs of force? The knee and it's supporting ligaments are not designed for that. It is potentially injurious and IMHO, the airlines should lock the seats in the upright position.
Literally, there is a reason they test your reflexes by lightly striking the Patellar Ligament. It is a very sensitive spot and if you do not react, something's wrong with you.
Can you imagine getting hit by a reflex hammer with 100 lbs of force? The knee and it's supporting ligaments are not designed for that. It is potentially injurious and IMHO, the airlines should lock the seats in the upright position.
Lock them all in the fully reclined position. I like fully reclined, all the time, and I hate sitting straight up for more than an hour, and then only on the jumpseat.
08-31-2014, 08:42 PM
#22
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Originally Posted by USMCFLYR
Or stop trying to cram more and more people on the planes and actually give them some room 
Either way.....this behavior is ridiculous.
Either way.....this behavior is ridiculous.
08-31-2014, 09:08 PM
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This seat issue is a big deal. It used to be intoxicated PAX; the excess drinking seems to have fallen out of style to a large degree. Then it was the smoking, the solution for that has become the Nicorette gum/patches. The latest deal is the seat pitch. I just had a very long trip last week as a PAX and it was a horrible experience. I had a gal in front of me recline her seat, making it worse. Just as I was about to have her move it back up, she got up and went to the bathroom. By the time she came back, I had pushed her seat back up. She must have got the message as she left it up the remainder of the trip. I had to restrain myself, mostly due to my occupation. However there are many others that don't. I see this issue getting way worse before it gets better...
08-31-2014, 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Yoda2
This seat issue is a big deal. It used to be intoxicated PAX; the excess drinking seems to have fallen out of style to a large degree. Then it was the smoking, the solution for that has become the Nicorette gum/patches. The latest deal is the seat pitch. I just had a very long trip last week as a PAX and it was a horrible experience. I had a gal in front of me recline her seat, making it worse. Just as I was about to have her move it back up, she got up and went to the bathroom. By the time she came back, I had pushed her seat back up. She must have got the message as she left it up the remainder of the trip. I had to restrain myself, mostly due to my occupation. However there are many others that don't. I see this issue getting way worse before it gets better...
You Fking did it!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N67dInPSWE
S/T/F/U and just recline all your seats, morons!
We really have White People Problems if this it what it's come to...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpUN...UNA2nutbk#t=45
09-01-2014, 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Timbo
Ohhhh...now you did it!
You Fking did it!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N67dInPSWE
S/T/F/U and just recline all your seats, morons!
We really have White People Problems if this it what it's come to...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpUN...UNA2nutbk#t=45
You Fking did it!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N67dInPSWE
S/T/F/U and just recline all your seats, morons!
We really have White People Problems if this it what it's come to...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpUN...UNA2nutbk#t=45
09-01-2014, 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by GogglesPisano
The simple fact is that these seats were designed to recline. Inhibiting that function and preventing someone else from using it is tantamount to encroaching on their space.
09-02-2014, 10:21 AM
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Seems Delta joined the divert club yesterday with the PAX demanding the divert - Delta Flyer Plane Land Over Reclining Seat Fight - ABC News
09-02-2014, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by LNL76
It's considered altering a part of the aircraft, or something like that. Just last week I saw it referred to in the information section of Hemispheres magazine on a UA flight. He was also asked by the FA to remove the device, so he was totally wrong.
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