[eqyiel]

Isn't it kind of a fake olive branch / placebo that airplanes have reclining seats anyway? It gives a little extra space to the recliner but takes space away from the person sitting behind, so to reclaim it they need to recline their seat and so on. If everybody reclines then everybody ends up with the same amount of space and no one is better off, except maybe the people in the front or back rows.

[DanBC]

reclining isn't about gaining space, it's about being able to sleep.

[lsaferite]

For me it's neither. It's about not flying in excruciating pain due to the seat back angle. I need a few extra degrees of recline or my lower back is in absolute agony even after a short 1 hour flight. I flew Jet Blue (no recline) once and it was the most painful flight of my life. Never again. If they'd recline the seats by several degrees, all of the seats, then I'd personally have no problem with them removing the adjustable recline. Until that day, I will recline my seat.

[Someone1234]

By that logic, seats shouldn't recline on short haul flights. Nobody needs to sleep on a <4 hour flight.

I will say sleeping on flight isn't easy. I've flown a lot and have been lucky enough to be in real business class three times (British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, and a budget airline) and I've only slept once ever in all that flying. Virgin Atlantic's completely flat beds got me snoring (the other two airline's "almost flat" chairs did nothing).

[zardo]

>Nobody needs to sleep on a <4 hour flight.

What are you the nap police? Flying sucks and I need to lose consciousness to deal with it.