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British Expats (https://britishexpats.com/forum/)

- The Trailer Park (https://britishexpats.com/forum/trailer-park-96/)

- - The knee defender (https://britishexpats.com/forum/trailer-park-96/knee-defender-842432/)

Nutek

Sep 4th 2014 5:04 am

Re: The knee defender

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Originally Posted by Hotscot (Post 11392759)

Taking a different tack.

Does anyone get significant benefit from the recline?
I know I don't and even when flying internationally I can't be bothered fiddling with it. Just leave it up.

I can sleep upright albeit with my head lolling a bit.

Makes my back not hurt... Which is more important to me than Pulaski's knees. ;)

Giantaxe

Sep 4th 2014 5:09 am

Re: The knee defender

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Originally Posted by Hotscot (Post 11392759)

Sure, when the person in front of you fully reclines ;)

I actually prefer sleeping in an upright rather than reclined position.

lansbury

Sep 4th 2014 5:21 am

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Originally Posted by Nutek (Post 11392761)

Makes my back not hurt... Which is more important to me than Pulaski's knees. ;)

:goodpost:

Nutek

Sep 4th 2014 5:30 am

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Originally Posted by lansbury (Post 11392779)

:goodpost:

I should add that of course, should he be carrying snack items back to the US for me, that his knees wellbeing do become of increased importance.

Pulaski

Sep 4th 2014 5:30 am

Re: The knee defender

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Originally Posted by Nutek (Post 11392761)

Makes my back not hurt... Which is more important to me than Pulaski's knees.

At least you have room for your back. :rolleyes:

After the news of the past couple of weeks, y'all should keep an eye open for me in the news the next time I fly because I am not going to wrap my legs around behind my neck just so the passenger in front can recline their seat.

Yorkieabroad

Sep 4th 2014 6:08 am

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Two birds with one stone - no reclining, no lolling head......

SkyRest Travel Pillow - SkyMall

ETA - main downside is looking like a total cnut!

Anian

Sep 4th 2014 6:09 am

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If this tall guy agrees to crouch down when he stands in front of me at a concert and blocks my view, then I won't lean my chair back into his knees.

Yorkieabroad

Sep 4th 2014 6:10 am

Re: The knee defender

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Originally Posted by Anian (Post 11392832)

If this tall guy agrees to crouch down when he stands in front of me at a concert and blocks my view, then I won't lean my chair back into his knees.

Unless, of course, he has his girlfriend on his shoulders touting her wares....;)

scrubbedexpat091

Sep 4th 2014 6:19 am

Re: The knee defender

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Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 11392262)

I'm not sure how tall you are, but I am also tall (taller than some NBA players) and usually in economy seats my knees are pushed against the back of the seat in front, making it impossible for the seat in front to recline. As far as I am concerned I, or my employer, has paid for that space and as I can't take my legs off and put them in the overhead bins, the seat in front of me isn't going to recline, it just can't.

6'4. I don't fly as much as I did, but the airlines I fly on when I do, never had an issue with someone reclining, makes no difference to me if they recline.

I never recline as I prefer to sit upright when flying.

Hotscot

Sep 4th 2014 6:23 am

Re: The knee defender

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Originally Posted by Anian (Post 11392832)

If this tall guy agrees to crouch down when he stands in front of me at a concert and blocks my view, then I won't lean my chair back into his knees.

Does he follow you everywhere?

Pulaski

Sep 4th 2014 6:23 am

Re: The knee defender

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Originally Posted by Anian (Post 11392832)

If this tall guy agrees to crouch down when he stands in front of me at a concert and blocks my view, then I won't lean my chair back into his knees.

My legs are what they are, on planes and at concerts. :o There was one memorable occasion when security at Wembley Arena shone a torch and flapped at me because they thought I was standing on my seat. .... The girl directly in front of me had been standing on her seat, and security made her get down, .... even though standing on her seat, her head was still below mine! :rofl:

Duncan Roberts

Sep 4th 2014 8:25 am

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Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 11392075)

It should not be allowed, the seat doesn't belong to the passenger, it belongs to the airline, and as long as the airline permits the seat to recline, no passenger has the right to prevent a seat from reclining.

The whole reclining thing is so overblown, I have never had any issue with space when someone reclines, and I am tall and still manage to have a comfortable flight. Some people have just become too self absorbed.

I had knee pain for about 3 days after a flight because all the seats in the rope in front of me reclined and there wasn't enough room for my legs. Another flight I inadvertently yelled out in pain because the person in front of me reclined quickly and unexpectedly and the tray jammed into my knees. In general, without the seat in front reclined I have about 1.5 inches of space between the seat and my knees for an international flight, less on the smaller plane. I don't recall ever having a comfortable flight, other than a small prop plant where there wasn't a seat in front of me, and most flights I get off with mild to moderate knee pain.

MMcD	Sep 4th 2014 8:56 am

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Originally Posted by Giantaxe (Post 11392769)

I actually prefer sleeping in an upright rather than reclined position.

Even in bed?

Hotscot

Sep 4th 2014 9:37 am

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Maybe...

Sally Redux

Sep 4th 2014 9:43 am

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Originally Posted by MMcD (Post 11392994)

Even in bed?

He's the Elephant Man.

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