I don't recline the seat because I dislike staring up into the nostrils of the person in the seat behind me.
I am also a freak--my family says so, for having the car seat upright, so I can see out the windshield over the hood of the car. Staring at the headliner or down alongside my nose out the windshield doesn't afford the best view of the road. All the guys drive like they're astronauts, reclined nearly horizontal. Heads up display overhead? Must be.
But then H keeps urging me to try his cushy recliner. Um. No. If I want to recline, I'll go to bed. I'll just sit (upright) over here on the couch and put my feet up.
...I may have reclining issues.
I wind up with reclining people in my face
So you recline to escape...it's a chain that ends up with the punishment of the people in the back row, which is where I got to sit in my last flight.
Reclining to escape doesn't help me much.
Really, airplanes just suck, and I would like to be ferried around on a magic carpet. Possibly escorted by Superman.
I can sleep sitting up. *shrug* It actually hurts my back less to sit up than to recline in a straight-backed seat where I can't curl up. I have to either sit up straight or slounge, there's no middle ground.
Very often, the curve of the seat backs actually makes reclining less comfortable for me. Even on the hellasslong flight back from Doha, the only time I reclined the seat was when I wanted to curl up on my side. And those seats were actually comfortable.
I sleep more poorly if I can't recline and lean against a window.
Count me in with the non-recliners.
Yeah, I'm always trying to make the pedicure chair recline less, too. THIS JUST IN: Different bodies are different!
I have to recline because my back and neck really start bothering me on long flights, and because I need to sleep. I can't sleep upright: my neck gets all fubar and I can't move right for days.
I apologize in advance for reclining in front of any Buffistas in the future.
Oh, I wish all airlines would do this! Well, really, I wish that there was more room between seats so that if someone in front of me reclined back they aren't impeding on my space. That is maddening.
This is why I use seatguru.com before I buy a ticket or pick seats. Just because you are on an Airbus 320, doesn't mean it is like the last one you flew on, because each airline has seats of different pitches and widths. Seatguru also recommends where on the plane to sit, the drawbacks of particular rows, etc.
