Airline seat pitch and recline is pretty well documented, and you can do research before you book your flight: https://www.seatguru.com/charts/generalcharts.php

Airline seat pitch and recline is pretty well documented, and you can do research before you book your flight: https://www.seatguru.com/charts/generalcharts.php https://www.seatguru.com/charts/generalcharts.php If I'm going to be on a plane for a long time, I do research to find the right balance between comfort and price. Part of deciding on that comfort is whether or not I can recline the seat and whether the seat in front of me reclines. Part of my purchase is the ability to recline the seat for my comfort. If I'm going to be a long flight, I certainly don't want to sit upright the entire time because the person behind me didn't research whether or not that seat would be comfortable for them.