Drinks are spilled, laptop screens are creaking, and knees hurt.
one new video Shows why reclining seats on airplanes went from acceptable practice to The number one irritant for many air passengers.
The video is part of an advertising campaign launched by furniture company La-Z-Boy in late November, which includes petition Passengers are implored to “do the upright thing. Don’t lean when flying.”
A representative for La-Z-Boy said the petition had more than 186,000 signatures as of Monday CNBC Travel.
The company is best known for its luxurious oversized recliners, and the tongue-in-cheek campaign touches on an increasingly topical issue driven by The number of passengers continues to increase and a reduction in seat spacing.
Unlike drunkenness and hygiene issues such as cutting nails and taking off shoes, these Widely despised by fellow passengersOpinion on seat recline mainly falls into two camps: those who say you shouldn’t do it, and others who think the tilt button is there for a reason. (A third, more subtle position considers leaning acceptable on long-haul or night flights.)
La-Z-Boy’s campaign puts the company firmly in the “never tilt” camp, with the petition stating “just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.”
Another video from the event shows how a reclining seat ripples through the plane like falling dominoes, ending up in the last row of the plane – a row that has both been criticized for its lack of reclining options. Like it and be praised for being one of them. There are few places on a plane where people can lie down without feardepending on the aircraft.
A 2023 survey of 18 markets by research firm YouGov found that attitudes to seat reclining vary by region, with Europeans being the least tolerant of the practice. Europe is tallest man in the world also.
However, in the United Arab Emirates, less than a third of tourists are bothered by this.
The survey showed that overall, passengers from the UAE were less concerned about all but one behavior on board a flight, including personal grooming and noisy children. The survey shows that respondents from the UAE believe that public expressions of love are unacceptable, at a higher rate than those from Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific region.
