<p>If people start using their cell phones during flight time, I fear for everyone’s safety. Me, I’ll start actively eavesdropping, maybe adding a comment or two for the benefit of the talker. Maybe that will be enough to shut the person up.</p>
<p>Greenwitch, I know you are commenting sadly about our sad state of affairs, but that force field thing sounds mighty attractive to me!</p>
<p>I don’t recline fully, usually, unless the seat behind me is empty. It does seem like there is a variation in how far the seats recline. Some do seem to go back too far. I am sensitive to it now that my son told me he endured a long (overseas) flight sitting behind a fully reclined seat, which he thinks may have actually been broken as it seemed to recline unusually close to him. Not sure why he didn’t say anything. It was very uncomfortable. Plus the TV was broken, too.</p>
<p>It’s funny seeing posts here that it is rude to recline one’s seat. How can you be mad if you buy a ticket knowing full well every passenger has the option to recline, including you? I don’t enjoy it, but oh well. I hate it more, when the person behind me grabs my chair to pull himself up! Regarding the phone usage, lets just say, there will be more than a few fights mid-air! What I am afraid of is the airlines, using this as an opportunity to make money by selling, ‘quiet zone’ seating, as if you still won’t hear phone conversations.</p>
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Because what you have the right to do is not always what you should do, or what a considerate person will do.</p>
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<p>Did you also buy the use of your tray table or the ability to move your legs?</p>
<p>Hunt, post #84 spot on! When the person in front of me reclines, I literally can’t even reach down to where I have stowed my purse to get anything out of it. If “they” want to recline, then “I” have the right to shove them forward “accidentally.” :)</p>
<p>After my last flight which happened to be open seating on Southwest, the next time a big guy comes down the aisle and asks if the seat next to me is taken, I am going to lie, and say “Yes, my daughter is just coming down the aisle.” Then I’ll make eye contact with a slim woman and offer her the seat. I am so fed up with being encroached upon just because I am small and fit totally within my seat. It truly gets disgusting at times to have another person’s thighs spilling through the armrest and onto me. <shudders></shudders></p>
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<p>Well we can agree to disagree. I dont consider it inconsiderate for a person to recline his seat. , especially when they recline it slowly, and this is coming from a person with long legs. Yes it sucks sometimes, but I wouldnt deem the person inconsiderate. I rarely recline my seat, but I dont begrudge the person who does.</p>
<p>"…especially when they recline it slowly…"</p>
<p>Exactly! I do not mind recliners, but I really hate when someone slams their seat back down so fast that I can’t quickly move my laptop out of the way. That’s why I love my seat 6A on Alaska flights.</p>
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<p>I agree that someone who bought a ticket has a theoretical “right” to recline their seat, but when someone insists on exercising their right in cramped and crowded conditions regardless of how much more pain, discomfort, and inconvenience it inflicts on others around them, then I’d say that’s the very definition of being inconsiderate. Very inconsiderate.</p>
<p>" As for flatulent fliers/serial farmers – is there any solution?"</p>
<p>My daughter is at an art school where the fiber department is working with scientists at other unis to develop “smart textiles”. I’ve spoken to them and they are very excited about working with the military on fabric that is embedded with sensors that can remotely track someone’s health, blah, blah, blah, and working with underarmour to develop special sports fabrics for varying blah, blah, blah, when what they SHOULD be doing is developing airplane seats, and even backrests, that are total odor neutralizers!</p>
<p>That, and making clothes for women that will turn icy cold in anticipation of a hot flash.</p>
<p>Re: the question of whether to recline or not to recline, I see both points of view and sympathize with both. </p>
<p>But let’s not forget the real culprits here are the airlines. As someone already said, human beings are getting bigger while airlines are making their seats smaller and squishing them closer together. It’s like we’re sardines in a can, and we’re blaming our fellow sardines instead of the canner.</p>
<p><a href=“http://m.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/news-wire/2013/12/04/case-for-fcc-mobile-devices.html?r=full[/url]”>http://m.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/news-wire/2013/12/04/case-for-fcc-mobile-devices.html?r=full</a></p>
<p>Worth a read.</p>
<p>That article didn’t sway me in the least. It’s bad enough when I have to hear someone’s music blaring thru earbuds, I definitely don’t want to listen to phone conversations. You get 1) the folks who think they have to talk loud because apparently one can’t hear on a cell 2) the folks that do talk loud on purpose because they think they are big executives/dealmakers and they want you to know how “important” they are or 3) the folks who are bored so they call and talk about nothing the entire flight. No thanks! I would rather have a kid kicking my seat the entire flt than allow phone usage. What does that say about us if we can’t unplug for a few hours?</p>
<p>^ Turn on your computer and put this big message on the screen: Recording and uploading to Facebook in progress…</p>
<p>Partyof5- start driving!</p>
<p>^^Why should Partyof5 have to drive? How about if cell phone jabberers refrain from jabbering for a couple of hours?</p>
<p>Flying is not fun, anymore.</p>
<p>Give me a fussy baby nearby vs a cell phone chatterbox any day. </p>
<p>Also some airlines have absurdly uncomfortable seating - have you ever flown on Spirit?</p>
<p>If you actually read the article, the indication would be that there will actually not be a huge number of voice calls. Besides that, a number of airlines won’t allow them. This is clearly another example of everyone collectively getting their panties in a wad over something that hasn’t happened yet.
I am not interested in flying with people yakking on a call, but, geez, it hasn’t happened yet! For now it will mean we can use our phone data (subject to any roaming charges). Flying is generally no longer a pleasant experience anyway- and I fly quite a bit. Deal with it!</p>
<p>Last time I checked, this was a forum where we could voice our opinions on hypotheticals, so no one is getting her panties in a bunch, just voicing opinions. Furthermore, I did read the article you posted, and I disagree with the conclusion reached by author, oh the horror!</p>
<p>^We really need a “like” button on this thing.</p>