unit731 Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 Would you like more legroom in that cramped economy class seat? “A $22 product designed to protect the most sacred of things when flying –- personal space -– led to an unscheduled landing in Chicago during a flight from Newark to Denver. Two passengers aboard the diverted United Airlines flight got into a heated argument Sunday after a male passenger used the product, the Knee Defender, to prevent the woman in the row in front from reclining her seat. The man, who was not identified, placed the Knee Defender’s brackets on his tray table attached to the back of the seat in front of him, 11B. The female passenger seated in 11B became angry over not being able to recline her seat and reportedly threw a cup of water in the man’s face. “ LINK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 Hi, I think these things should be banned. Basically what they are doing is giving you more comfort but at the expense of someone elses. People using this are saying their right to comfort outweighs the right to comfort for the person in front of them. Oh, and him not removing it once asked makes him a total inconsiderate asshole. And no, never had anyone use this on me. AFAIK anyway as I usually don't recline my seat that far (not that I fly often ). Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 All that for 2 inches more of legroom. I agree with KS a selfish prick for using them. I thought they had been banned also for the exact reason outlined in the story....causing problems mid flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 The problem is with all the seats they jam on the planes! One flight, the person in front of me fully reclined his seat and had to stop using my lap top as his reclined seat left zero space...WTF More to grind my gears is when I am seated next to a "large" person...they being so fat that they lap over into my seating area! I would like to see plastic partitions between the seats to these large people will remain in their seating area!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 Charge passengers by weight and space occupied. Of course, that would have plenty of travellers up in arms about "discrimination". p.s. I had a Farang colleague who was 5' 2" and weighed about 50 kilos. He always got angry when he was asked to pay extra because his baggage was a few pounds over the limit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 Surely anyone who uses such a device is guilty of "Interference with operation of aircraft", the same law which applies to blocking the lavatory smoke detector with wet toilet paper. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 If a seat cannot recline, do they ground the airplane? is the non-reclineable seat interfering with the operation of the airplane? Hardly, but with the USA sooooooooooooooooo PC today and the idiots running the country (into the ground) someone may well do prison time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelgianBoy Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 fly business ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 Hi, "Charge passengers by weight and space occupied." I am all for that! And frankly, it makes sense to me. We get charged extra for luggage that is over the weight limit, so why not have a weight limit for people as well? Either that or combine luggage weight with personal weight and set a limit to that. "fly business !" Often not an option due to cost. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 Recently on an economy flight, must have been between Jordan and Dubai, the guy in front of me put his seat back. It was quite far back, which I didn't like, but couldn't do anything about. Then when they served food he didn't have anything and kept his seat reclined, so I asked the hostess to ask him to put his seat back up, which he reluctantly did but not enough. So the hostess had to ask him again and this time he put it up properly. Anyway before the trays have been collected he tries to recline his seat again but I notice and just use my arms to stop his seat reclining. He keeps trying and I keep stopping him. Clearly confused he looks over his shoulder a few times then stops trying. I actually got some pleasure out of this and for the rest of the flight every time he tried to recline his seat I just held it up (I was actually able to do it with one arm with my elbow resting in the window recess). I may have been a bit silly but the guy was clearly a c*nt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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