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Flight Diverted After Passengers Feud Over ‘Knee Defender’ Blocking Reclining Seat
ABC via Yahoo News ^ | Aug. 26,2014 | ABC News

Posted on 08/26/2014 7:33:15 PM PDT by Michael.SF.

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To: Michael.SF.
I read about that incident. INCREDIBLE.

SOMEone needs to take a DRIVING vacation.

61 posted on 08/26/2014 8:58:01 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: flaglady47

It’s not a pizza until it comes out of the oven...


62 posted on 08/26/2014 8:58:50 PM PDT by zwerni (this isn't gonna be good for business)
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To: P-Marlowe

I didn’t know a seat on an airplane would recline more than two inches.


63 posted on 08/26/2014 8:59:45 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Liberals were raised by women or wimps. And they're all stupid.)
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To: flaglady47
You aren’t recliner dictator for life, you know.

That's true, but I have it on good authority that people who rudely recline their seats onto the laps the the people behind them in Coach are going to end up in Hell.

64 posted on 08/26/2014 9:04:13 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
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To: redlegplanner

Does John Lithgow know about it?


65 posted on 08/26/2014 9:04:21 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Liberals were raised by women or wimps. And they're all stupid.)
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To: Michael.SF.
To many of the people posting about the lack of seat room -—

Sorry folks, but this one is on us.

There was a time (70s, early 80s) when airlines actually tried to make comfort and seat room a real factor in travel. And what happened? Low cost carriers crammed people in like sardines, and took over the market.

While many would be happy to see a true service and comfort airline emerge, too many would still go to some cut rate service to find the lowest possible fare - even if they had to be crammed together like refugees.

66 posted on 08/26/2014 9:12:38 PM PDT by I cannot think of a name
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To: Michael.SF.

I can’t fly anymore. Have developed such an aversion to people that 3 or 4 empty seats, at a minimum, have to surround me in any kind of conveyance or theater, etc. (other than family). Prefer to sit in my own otherwise empty row.


67 posted on 08/26/2014 9:12:39 PM PDT by steve86 ( Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: Kirkwood

Yes, I am quite well aware of the extra legroom available for certain seats. The thing is: you are expected to be able to assist fellow passengers in the event of an emergency (difficult in my physical condition), AND you pay extra for self-selected seating.


68 posted on 08/26/2014 9:22:47 PM PDT by Don W (To laugh, perhaps to dream...)
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To: altsehastiin

My seat goes back when the person in front me reclines. There is nothing rude about it.


69 posted on 08/26/2014 9:38:37 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (It takes a gun to feed a village)
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To: Kirkwood
This incident occurred on United, in the premier seating area.

I am 6'2" travel United and pay the extra to sit in the premier section. The leg room is adequate.

70 posted on 08/26/2014 9:43:39 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (It takes a gun to feed a village)
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To: kingu
looks like the devices can only be removed by a key

I think the key is there for size comparison. But I would tend to agree - it forces the tray table to be down, which would make evacuation difficult.

71 posted on 08/26/2014 9:47:01 PM PDT by T. P. Pole
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To: P-Marlowe

“That’s true, but I have it on good authority that people who rudely recline their seats onto the laps the the people behind them in Coach are going to end up in Hell.”

LOL, that IS funny, I must admit. Remind me never to be sitting either in front of you or behind you on a plane. If in front, I might be forced to toss a glass of water your way. Or maybe to cheer you up, a glass of wine, white of course, so it won’t stain.


72 posted on 08/26/2014 9:47:08 PM PDT by flaglady47 (The useful idiots always go first)
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To: flaglady47

If you are one of those rude people who thinks they own the space behind them so that you fully recline your seat without regard for the comfort and safety of the guy behind you, then you may very well end up in Hell. I knew someone who got a blood clot from sitting in a cramped airline seat and got a blood clot that killed him.

If you are going to recline your seat fully, please be courteous enough to ask the person in whose lap you are planning on resting whether it would be OK if you reclined. Most likely even a claustrophobe like me would not object in that case. What I do object to is those people who do it without any regard for the person behind them.

Personally, I have never reclined more than a couple of inches unless the seat behind me was vacant.

Do unto others.....


73 posted on 08/26/2014 10:04:09 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
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To: P-Marlowe

I used to figure that if a seat was reclined far into my space, I reserved the right to forcefully, repeatedly, and randomly bump that seat with both hands throughout the duration of the flight. But then, I no longer fly and am quite happy about it.


74 posted on 08/26/2014 10:08:49 PM PDT by Sven Tremain
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To: Sven Tremain

You do that too?


75 posted on 08/26/2014 10:16:47 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
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To: altsehastiin

I’ve never been on a flight for more than 5 hours, and I usually take a nap. I’ve always revlined my seat. I don’t think it’s rude at all.


76 posted on 08/26/2014 10:46:51 PM PDT by luckystarmom
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To: WildWeasel

but it’s okay to interfere with the person behind you? like smashing their knees?


77 posted on 08/26/2014 10:49:21 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Clump

this is the real tragedy. regular people can’t solve a relatively easy problem between them.


78 posted on 08/26/2014 10:50:29 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: flaglady47

proud non-flyer non-molested person since november 2001.


79 posted on 08/26/2014 10:52:36 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: VanShuyten

you are able to get a custom made car. you cannot get a custom made seat on a commercial airplane.


80 posted on 08/26/2014 10:55:10 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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