Legroom fight diverts flight

Takes a special kind of dingleberry to have the nerve to block someones seat recline. That being said, I'm at least 6'1 and almost never recline my seat if someone is behind me unless I'm in first or business. Barely makes a difference to me anyway.
 
Im a reclining creeper; meaning I don't go full recline with one move. I take my time slowly reclining a little, stop for a minute, recline some more, stop again and so on until the seat is fully reclined. I think people get more pissy because some folks just throw back the seat like they own the place. Its never bothered me because Ive logged millions of miles as a pax so I know what to expect in economy.
 
tomokc said:
Here's another one Wednesday night:

AA62 MIA-CDG diverted to ORD after the seat reclinee went ballistic. He grabbed a crewmember by the arm and that's when the air marshals put him in handcuffs.

Story: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/flight-diverted-boston-due-unruly-passenger-25157159
Flight track: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL62/history/20140827/2220Z/KMIA/LFPG
Click to expand...

Did the guy expect the person in front of him not to recline on a trans-atlantic flight?! Good grief...
 
In the olden days when seats were spaced further apart, one could recline their seat and not have a chance of hitting the person behind them.

Today, the seats are much closer together as well as people being bigger than in the olden days.

Maybe it's time that airline seats just be locked in position and not be able to recline.

Joe
 
Love airplanes since I was a kid

Love flying airplanes, love looking at airplanes, love reading about airplanes.

Go as a passenger? Hell on earth these days. Love having to listen to Joe Schmuck six rows back talk overly loud to his seat mate, imparting all the "knowledge" he has about aviation, just so everyone on the plane can hear how smart he is...

I don't how you guys travel in uniform..."Ohhh UR A PILOT?""
 
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...ted-reclining-seat-argument-article-1.1924632

DL2370 KLGA-KPBI late Monday diverts to KJAX after the seat is reclined with a woman sleeping on her tray table. The sleeper went nuts, started screaming at the cabin crew, and demanded that they land: "The aggravated woman was cursing at the cabin crew and said something along with lines of "I don't care about the consequences put this plane down now," according to the witness."

I hope Delta sends her the bill.
 
Vector4Food said:
I don't how you guys travel in uniform..."Ohhh UR A PILOT?""
Click to expand...

It's terrible.

People will passively talk to you and ask you all sorts of customer service questions. How high, fast and where we're flying, if they're going to be able to make a 12 minute connection from T4 to T1 in JFK because "It was cheaper on Orbitz" and my favorite:

"Oh, my wife's cousin's neighbor is a pilot for American. His name is John, he was in the Navy, do you know him?"

"Do you have a last name?"

"Naw, he was a fighter pilot. Maybe 6'2 with red hair"
 
Derg said:
It's terrible.

People will passively talk to you and ask you all sorts of customer service questions. How high, fast and where we're flying, if they're going to be able to make a 12 minute connection from T4 to T1 in JFK because "It was cheaper on Orbitz" and my favorite:

"Oh, my wife's cousin's neighbor is a pilot for American. His name is John, he was in the Navy, do you know him?"

"Do you have a last name?"

"Naw, he was a fighter pilot. Maybe 6'2 with red hair"
Click to expand...

Why do guys travel in uniform? Is it a requirement? Or is it just convenient rather than in shirt and tie? If only to avoid this kind of annoying stuff, as well as keep some semblance of operational security, I'd think.
 
Derg said:
It's terrible.

People will passively talk to you and ask you all sorts of customer service questions. How high, fast and where we're flying, if they're going to be able to make a 12 minute connection from T4 to T1 in JFK because "It was cheaper on Orbitz" and my favorite:

"Oh, my wife's cousin's neighbor is a pilot for American. His name is John, he was in the Navy, do you know him?"

"Do you have a last name?"

"Naw, he was a fighter pilot. Maybe 6'2 with red hair"
Click to expand...

Didn't realize that was you that I met last week.

So... Did you find John?
 
MikeD said:
Why do guys travel in uniform? Is it a requirement? Or is it just convenient rather than in shirt and tie? If only to avoid this kind of annoying stuff, as well as keep some semblance of operational security, I'd think.
Click to expand...

To meet chicks!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top