> Reclining your seat in coach is a horrible, selfish thing to do. I'd be inclined to disagree. I'm not saying that someone's moderate comfort improvement is w

> Reclining your seat in coach is a horrible, selfish thing to do. I'd be inclined to disagree. I'm not saying that someone's moderate comfort improvement is worth more than your actual pain -- but the selfish, horrible behavior is not on the part of the passenger in front of you. It's the horrible, selfish airline's fault. They are the ones jamming as many seats as possible into an aircraft, and overselling every flight. It's a business; I get it. Still, though, it's difficult to blame someone who is also cramped into a seat in coach from trying to get as much comfort as they can out of the situation. The other (unaddressed) problem is the "domino effect" of seat reclining. If someone in front of you reclines their seat, you lose a significant amount of space -- and the only way to compensate for that is to also recline yours. If you don't think people should be allowed to recline their seat a few inches, take it up with the airlines, not the passengers.