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Lawyer weighs in on debate after plane passenger yells she's 'allowed' to recline her seat during flight
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Published 10:58 4 Nov 2023 GMT

Lawyer weighs in on debate after plane passenger yells she's 'allowed' to recline her seat during flight

A video went viral of a woman yelling at another passenger over her reclined seat and it led to heated debate online.

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Poppy Bilderbeck
Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a freelance journalist with words in Daily Express, Cosmopolitan UK, LADbible, UNILAD and Tyla. She is a former Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible.

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A lawyer has weighed in after a video went viral of two plane passengers in heated debated over a reclined seat.

Another day, another plane argument, but this time it's not Tiffany Gomas having a profanity-filled outburst, but another woman unleashing her fury on a passenger sat behind her.

A video which has been widespread on social media shows a woman unleashing her fury on a passenger who kept 'push[ing]' her reclined seat 'back', and it's led to a heated debate online.

Thankfully, a lawyer has now come to the rescue to outline the proper plane etiquette when it comes to reclining your seat on a plane.

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In the clip - which has been widespread on both TikTok and X, formerly Twitter - a woman can be seen turned around in her seat, addressing the passengers behind her.

She says: "The whole trip she pushed my seat."

Despite one of the passengers holding their hands up in the air, she continues: "No, you've seen it, no she did."

The woman argues: "I'm allowed to put my seat back. I'm allowed to put my seat back."

The woman argued she has a right to put her seat back.
TikTok/ @grahamnancarrow

The video sparked an intense debate between social media users over whether you should or shouldn't recline your seat on a plane.

One user wrote: "They should NOT allow people to put their seat back IMO. It's just ridiculous how little space one has on a plane to begin with, to have even less of that is SILLY."

"I do not recline because it undoubtedly intrudes on the other person's space. Being on a plane primarily sucks, a little consideration goes a long way," another added.

However, a third argued: "I agree with her! You’re allowed to put your seat back!"

And a fourth tried to compromise: "If the person behind you is small lean it back, if they are big, don’t they are already uncomfortable enough. But people only think of themselves, a little bit of kindness and consideration goes a long way."


Lawyer and political commentator based in Scottsdale, Arizona, Ian Corzine has since weighed in on the matter, taking to TikTok to respond to the clip.

Corzine says: "Isn't it in the first amendment that you have a right to recline?

"No, actually that's in airplane rules and if you're sitting behind and have a problem with it then ask an attendant to reseat, otherwise, shut the hell up."

Well, that's that I guess. Recline away passengers.

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