Opinion: I’m a flight attendant. You need to get over your reclining seat rage
Editor’s Note: Heather Poole is a flight attendant for a major US carrier and author of “Cruising Attitude: Tales of Crashpads, Crew Drama and Crazy Passengers at 30,000 Feet.” The views in this commentary are her own. Read more CNN Opinion.
Last night on a flight from London to New York, a passenger rang his call light, and when my colleague walked over, turned off the light and asked him if he needed something, he simply pointed to the reclined seat in front of him.
The flight attendant told him that his seat was also in the reclined position, and then mentioned that the seat next to him — the aisle seat — was available and that he could sit there. The man said he didn’t want to move to the aisle seat because he wanted to sit by the window.
Another day, another flight: “If you put your seat back one more time, I’m going to punch you in the face,” said an older woman to a teenage girl seated in front of her. The young girl’s eyes looked like they might pop out of their sockets.
