Fury flies once again on reclining airplane seats and this time, a passenger is fighting for the rights granted to her by the airline.
Footage from an unknown flight shows an unidentified woman attacking another passenger who allegedly spent the entire trip trying to straighten her seat.
“The whole trip she pushed my seat!” the woman said with a thick Southern accent to the couple sitting behind her, who raised their hands in an attempt to defend her actions.
“You were both doing the same thing,” the man tried to tell the woman, but he never got the chance.
Eyes wide with fury, the woman stood up and shouted the alleged trafficker’s protests.
“You have not seen him! You know he did it! I can put my seat back! I can put my seat back! she shouted, pounding her chest.
“I’m allowed. To. Put. My. Seat. Back!” She finally stated before turning around as the video cut out.
One woman was furious with the passengers behind her, who she said tried to move her seat throughout the flight.
The usual debate broke out in the comments.
“Sometimes it can be annoying to be behind someone with their seat completely full, but if the airlines didn’t want to allow that, it wouldn’t happen,” wrote one man, John Hawkins, on X. “Don’t kick the seat like a baby. Blame to the airline, not to the person who does what the airline says is right.”
“I mean, if she wasn’t allowed to put her seat back, why was the seat adjustable?” wrote another.
The showdown was a counterattack to recliner supporters, who suffered a blow in August when a woman was filmed successfully fighting a recliner by holding the seat in front of her upright with her hands on a transatlantic flight.
“Respect the person behind you,” the anti-reclining passenger repeated four times in a condescending tone while the woman in front politely asked him what was going on.
Experts remain divided over the recumbent debate.
Diane Gottsman, an etiquette professional at the Texas Protocol School, said reclining is rude “unless you’re sitting in a seat with extra legroom or first class,” according to USA Today.
The man sitting behind the woman tried to defend himself, but the woman yelled at him.
“Space is tight, and it’s common knowledge and it’s not surprising that you’re sitting in tight spaces,” he added.
Julia Esteve Boyd, an etiquette coach from Switzerland, disagreed.
“It can be irritating or uncomfortable for the person sitting behind. However, it is completely reasonable to recline the seat if you wish,” Boyd told The Points Guy, adding that one should take into account what their backseat companion is doing before raising or lowering the seat.
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