What is pathetic is I see people here taking sides, and unless I missed it not wasting time reading every single reply, not replying with proper protocol.
Fromt person should ask rear if he minds seat being reclined. Rather than assuming it she is an island.
Barring that, when front person reclines, rear person remarks that it is bothersome and asks if front would please not recline (or less, you get the drift here). Instead of bringing a passive-aggressive device to simply prevent it.
Barring that, front simply inquires what is happening, apologizes that it might interfere, etc.
Reach a compromise, perhaps.
For all the PC garbage about “choose civility”, we majorly fail at it these days.
several folks’here’did comment about the over-arching fact that it is getting sad people can’t work together on relatively minor/easy problems between each other.
Bingo!
Personally, I don't see the problem.
I'm 6' 4", with a relatively short torso and loo-ong legs.
When the person in front of me tries to recline his seat (and never, in my 30-some-odd years of flying has anyone ever had the courtesy to first even only glance in my direction before attempting to recline), he will find that this is impossible, because my legs are in the way.
After a minute or two of futile fiddling with the reclining lever and huffing and puffing, the person in front of my will either a) give up and leave his seat unreclined, or b) finally look behind himself and ask if something is blocking his seat, whereupon I smile and say, "Why, yes: My bleeding kneecaps!"
Regards,