Can you expect the flight attendants to tell the passenger in front of you to put his seat up in normal position?
My last (Swiss) long-haul flight was overnight and a lot of passengers tried to sleep. Nevertheless, the flight crews served dinner at the start of the flight and breakfast shortly before landing. Both times, they woke up and asked the passenger in front of me to put his seat back into the upright position so that I could use my tray and eat my meal.
Is this a service I can expect from the flight crew of any airline, or is this not common?
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What the cabin crew does depends on the airline. Some have a defined policy that they like passengers to put their seats into upright position, some don't really care. It may also vary on whether the flight crew enforce an airline's policy or not.
Among travellers there's a bit of debate too on what's best. While some consider it rude to adjust seats or recline when when food has been served, there are others who say - especially if it's a long-haul / red-eye flight that they would rather not be woken up just because meals are being served. (Yes, there are people apparently who hate free food.)
I see it this way: why do you need to be passive-aggressive and expect the flight crew to tell someone to adjust their seat if it's making you uncomfortable? It would be rude to ask someone to not recline generally, but during when meals are served it's perfectly okay to ask a passenger in front of you to adjust their seat - and I've never heard of anyone refuse to do that.
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I think this situation very depends on not only Airline, but the crew themselves. You said that ead was served at the start and finish of the flight, so, if you have problems with man before you, you can say that this position of the seat is unsafe during such phase of the flight.
But I think this is all about negotiation between you, your neighbors and the flight crew.
Answer 3
Of course, you must put your chair in an upright position during meal service.
It's a "rule" on every airline I've been on.
I find this QA surprising; I would have assumed everyone would just answer "of course, you're always told to put your seat backs 'up' for meals." (Just as for landing, etc.)
If you're getting your meal, and the clown in front of you has their seat reclined, simply point to the chair, and the staff member will tell the person in front to, of course, move their chair to the upright position since it is meal service.
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