The Fierce Legal Battle at the Heart of the Fight over Reclining Airline Seats

Re:The Fierce Legal Battle at the Heart of the Fight over Re... by ggm on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @01:16AM (#28285350)

Yet, one airline which fits seats which can't recline (ryanair)is universally hated.

(pre covid, was a frequent flyer. you have to learn to roll with the punches on many things in flight. being in the J class seats makes this specific problem go away, but thats just another form of monetization of the commons)

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Re:The Fierce Legal Battle at the Heart of the Fight over Re... by toast0 on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @01:54AM (#28285540)

Unfortunately, you can't chose an airline that has fixed seats but doesn't do all the rest of the things that make ryanair universally hated.

Also, scheduling and direct flights are more important to me than comfort, so even though I would prefer a flight with fixed seats, the airline that hubs out of my nearest airport is going to get most of my business (even if it's not much).

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Re:The Fierce Legal Battle at the Heart of the Fight over Re... by dehrmann on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @01:31AM (#28285424)

The mechanism is more expensive and adds weight. Of course they don't recline. Their value proposition is very clear, and I respect that. I just don't fly with them.

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Re:The Fierce Legal Battle at the Heart of the Fight over Re... by watwut on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @01:55AM (#28285549)

I went with Ryanair once. There were like 100 reasons to hate them and I normally like flying.

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