[llimos]

On EasyJet, seats do not recline. I remember the first time I discovered this, thinking what a brilliant idea and why doesn't everyone do this?

Of course, it helps that their flights are mostly short-haul (mentioned in the article).

[bombcar]

Short-haul (transit) bus seats don't recline either, but long-haul ones usually do.

I feel that for much of airline travel these days we should just give up the charade that it's anything more than a flying bus (one of the companies is even named AIRBUS), install plastic hose-down seats, and be done with it.