A MUM has sparked debate after revealing that a fellow passenger stopped her reclining her seat at all on a long-haul flight.
The woman shared that she was sworn at on the seven-hour long journey when she tried to make things comfier for her bad back.
In a post on Mumsnet, the social media user admitted that she was left “annoyed” by the experience, and asked others if she was being unreasonable.
The woman explained: “The flight was around seven hours long. I had paid extra to have the exit seat in economy, as I was suffering from a bad back.
“I paid quite a lot extra for the seat, it’s something I try to do, as I have back problems and it helps.
“The woman behind me had quite a big child on her lap during the flight and was sat next to the child’s father.”
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She continued: “Because of this, I was unable to recline my seat for the entire flight.
“I tried very gently reclining it a little at some stage (before I had seen the child) but she was angry and swore, so I put it upright.
“Who was unreasonable here? Or do we generally think anyone reclining their seat is unreasonable?
“I tend to recline my seat on very long flights, when the lights are dimmed for sleeping, as do most others on those flights. I don’t recline on short-haul.”
Siding with the mum holding the small child, one person wrote: “I personally think it’s unreasonable to recline your seat unless it’s overnight and I’d never do it. But respect others think differently. I wouldn’t have sworn (well only to myself).”
Another agreed: “Generally, reclining the seat is antisocial unless, or example, it is night time and there is a sort of domino effect of everyone reclining at the same time. This rarely works.”
However, a third sided with the original poster, noting: “I think a lot of people would try to sleep on a seven or eight-hour flight so you are not unreasonable at all.”
And a fourth shared: “I think if the seat reclines it’s perfectly fine to recline it. Except during meal service, and I’d also lean around to tell the person I was going to recline it.
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“Child could sit on dad’s lap or if they really wanted the space they should have bought another seat. They could also recline their own seat which still gives them same space.”
It comes after another woman divided opinion after ditching her friends on holiday when their flights were cancelled.
