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Re: “On today’s airplanes, reclining seats and declining space,” Sept. 14 letters to the editor.
Concerning the airline seat reclining problem: when you buy a ticket, what you are purchasing is the seat in which you are going to sit, the under-seat space in front of you, and the air space (with tray) in front of you. You are not purchasing the air space behind your seat. That space is what the passenger behind you has purchased.
The Golden Rule still applies. If you want to recline your seat, ask the person behind you if you may do so.
If people can’t be adult and courteous, then the airlines should immobilize the seat backs. It would also eliminate the chore that flight attendants have in getting people to put up the seat backs before takeoffs and landings.
James T. Watson, Highlands Ranch
This letter was published in the Sept. 21 edition.
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