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Originally Posted by CFrance
I actually hope the problems with people fighting over reclining seats and planes having to be diverted, and all the ensuing havoc, will continue. The airlines will be forced to do what they should have done in the beginning--adjust the seats so they don't recline as much as they used to when the seat pitch was different. Seriously, broken laptops? Drinks spilled, not being able to read a book or eat your meal is ridiculous. You don't need your seat to recline five inches to sleep. Two is fine. I've done it on 17-hour flights.
If you can't manage to snag and pay for exit row seats, which usually don't come available on international flights till check-in, you will be looking at a lot of $ for a premium upgrade. It's one thing for a four-hour flight in the US, quite another for longer flights out of the country.
Passenger comfort certainly isn't job one for the airlines anymore. But they could take a look at some adjustments.
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There must be an easier way to get the airlines' attention without committing civil disobedience. Imagine causing an airline to divert and being handed a $250,000 bill plus court costs. Imagine all the innocent passengers inconvenienced because two people deck it out over reclining seats. Imagine being dumped off in some unexpected location.
And don't even think about interfering with a flight crew member. That is a federal crime and will send a person to federal prison. Passengers should try to act like adults.