Spilled drinks, broken laptop screens, and shattered knees.
A New video Explains the reasons why the reclining position in your seat on airplanes has changed from an accepted practice to an acceptable practice A major inconvenience for many airplane passengers.
The video is part of an advertising campaign that furniture company La-Z-Boy launched in late November, which includes a Petition Appealing to travelers: “Do good, and do not recline when you travel.”
A La-Z-Boy representative said the petition had more than 186,000 signatures as of Monday CNBC Travel.
The satirical campaign by the company, known for its plush, oversized seats, touches on an increasingly hot-button issue, one raised by… Increasing passenger volumes And the number of seats decreases.
Unlike sugar and hygiene problems – such as cutting nails and taking off shoes – which are Widely disdained by his fellow passengersOpinions about reclining the seat are divided into two camps: those who say don't do it, and others who argue that the recline button is there for a reason. (The third, more precise position, lying down, is acceptable on long or overnight flights.)
La-Z-Boy's campaign places the company firmly in the “never lean” camp, with the petition stating that “just because you can doesn't mean you should.”
Another video in the campaign shows how a single reclining seat can ripple across the plane like falling dominoes, eventually ending up in the last row of the plane — a row they both dislike because it lacks a reclining option and is praised for being one of the Few spaces in the plane where one can recline with impunitydepending on the aircraft.
A 2023 survey by research firm YouGov in 18 markets found that attitudes towards reclining seats varied by region, with Europeans being the least tolerant of the practice. Europe is home to The tallest people in the world also.
However, less than one in three travelers in the UAE were bothered by this.
Overall, travelers from the UAE were least bothered by all but one behavior on board, including grooming and children's noise, according to the survey. The survey showed that UAE residents considered showing affection in public unacceptable at higher rates than those in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific.
