Being a Lady (The Mrs.), and a gentleman (me), we 'always' observe (like 'out of the corner of one's eye'), and politely ask (if needed), if we are being a inconvenience in relation to what passengers are doing in front and in back as us (and move our seats accordingly).
By Yaron Steinbuch - New York Post - 13 Feb 2020
"Airplane passenger caught on video shaking woman’s reclined seat".
"An airline passenger has sparked a conversation online about the etiquette involved in reclining one’s seat — after posting video of a man punching and pushing the back of hers in economy.
Wendi Williams was traveling from New Orleans to Charlotte, North Carolina, on an American Eagle flight operated by Republic Airways on Jan. 31 when the episode occurred.
“Here’s a great jackhole! He was angry that I reclined my seat and punched it about 9 times – HARD, at which point I began videoing him, and he resigned to this behavior,” Williams wrote on Twitter.
“The other jackhole is the @AmericanAir flight attendant who reprimanded me and offered him rum!” she added, calling the man’s actions an “assault.”
The clip showing the bearded, bespectacled man has since gone viral, with more than 2.4 million views.
“After much consideration, and exhausting every opportunity for #American Airlines to do the right thing, I’ve decided to share my assault, from the passenger behind me, and the further threats, from an American Airline flight attendant,” Williams wrote on Twitter.
“When the FA came. She rolled her eyes at me and said, ‘What?’ She then told him it was tight back there and gave him rum! She told me I had to delete the video! It’s against the law to video on a plane. I asked her name & She gave me a Passenger Disturbance Notice!” she said.
Williams also channeled Gloria Gaynor, apparently revising the lyrics to “I Will Survive” to describe her ordeal.
“First I was afraid, I was petrified. Kept thinking he was gonna kill me with those crazy eyes. But I took so many hits and I thought how he did me wrong and grew strong! I learned how to tweet along. He hit my back – so many times so I’ll recline! I will recline! Hey hey!” she wrote.
Williams said the man had asked her to put up her seat while he ate. She said she obliged, but reclined it again once he was finished.
“At that point, he started hammering away at me,” she claimed, prompting her to notify a flight attendant, whose response infuriated her.
“It was scary and very painful” she said, claiming she lost time at work, had to receive X-rays and suffered headaches because of the incident["].
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