[Ajedi32]

Why does leg length matter? Reclining doesn't impact leg room much since only the upper part of the seat is moving backwards any significant distance, and the space under the seat where my feet go is completely unaffected.

Are your legs so long you have to sit with your knees pressed against the back of the seat in front of you or something? If so I suppose that's understandable.

[royskee]

"Are your legs so long you have to sit with your knees pressed against the back of the seat in front of you or something? If so I suppose that's understandable."

Yes and also for people with long legs, seated in a typical airline seat, their knees will be significantly higher than the top of the seat cushion. So, they get caught up in the sweep of a reclining seatback ahead.

[83]

My legs are long enough there isn't room for them to press against the back of the seat. I'm either manspreading into the crevases between seats or in foetal position with my knees halfway up the seat in front of me. A person reclining is excruciating in the former, but in the latter position at least the person in front can't recline as there's no physical space for my body to become more compact. Flying is hell.

[kaffekaka]

Yes, my knees often/always bump into the seat in front of me, even without it being reclined. If/when it is reclined it means my knees are pressed harder backwards.

When I can, I pay for extra leg room or get an aisle seat.

My opinion is strongly that seats should not be reclined. It is inconsiderate.

[Ajedi32]

I agree that sounds frustrating. Respectfully though, it sounds like you're a special case and that's not a problem which would apply to most people.

But maybe in the future I'll make a point of checking whether the person behind me is in the 95th percentile of adult male heights before reclining.

[lostlogin]

> I agree that sounds frustrating. Respectfully though, it sounds like you're a special case

It would be interesting to know the numbers on this. Height is not going to tell the answer though, you as people of the same height have wildly variably limb length.

I know half a dozen people who have the same issue and they vary from 1.9-2.1m tall.

I don't work in a circus.

[Ajedi32]

1.9m is 6' 3", already in the 93rd percentile of US adult males according to this chart. https://preview.redd.it/oruqlgczepp91.png?auto=webp&s=cb797f... 2.1m is in the 99th percentile. Maybe you just have a lot of very tall friends.

[lostlogin]

Maybe. I used to like being tall, but seeing a colleague use a fixed height desk as a standing desk has made me reconsider.

Short people would seem likely to be comfortable in more places.

[Ajedi32]

I think once you get past the 95th percentile in any metric like that things start to get more difficult. I'm not even that tall and I sometimes have trouble finding pants that fit me. I imagine there are probably similar difficulties on the other end of the spectrum being below the 5th percentile.

[kaffekaka]

Sure, my femurs are longer than most peoples, but they are with me on _every_ flight I take.

So it is kind of frustrating to me with people like in this thread explicitly saying "I do not care, I will recline my seat, it is not my problem if someone else suffers, they are just being entitled".

[lostlogin]

> Are your legs so long you have to sit with your knees pressed against the back of the seat in front of you or something?

Not OP. Yes.