A woman has slammed an ‘entitled’ plane passenger who  tried to stop her from reclining her seat during a flight. She wanted to make herself comfortable on the journey, aware that not doing so could result in back pain, and chose to recline her seat.

However, the 5ft 2ins woman seated behind her had some objections after she reclined her chair shortly after take-off. Sharing her experience on Reddit, she said: “I tried to recline my seat and it popped back upright, I tried again and realised the lady behind me was shoving my seat forward. I tried again and she yelled at me that I couldn’t recline my seat.

“I was very shaken up by the interaction, so I just stayed upright for like 10 minutes until I could see a flight attendant nearby. I was able to quickly recline and have my chair click into place so she couldn’t shove it forward.”

At this point, the woman raised her voice, drawing the attention of everyone on the plane. She continued: “I told her everyone on the whole plane gets to recline their seat. She said I was reclining too far back, though.

“I told her my seat was in the same position as the person sitting in front of me and kind of held my hands up at her through the little gap between the seats, and then sat back. She didn’t try to talk to me again.”

Reflecting on the incident, she expressed regret, saying she wished she had summoned a flight attendant to handle the situation instead of confronting the woman directly.

She continued: “The whole thing made me so uncomfortable. Even the tall guy whose knees were jammed into the seat in front of him was getting involved, telling her she needed to calm down.”

One user responded to her post, stating: “It’s such a doomed situation all around. Some people you are literally crushing their legs, and it’s horrifically uncomfortable to sit fully upright if you nod off. Airplane hell.”

Another user chimed in: “I was shocked on a German train when I noticed the recline function in the seat worked by sliding the seat forward… this allowed the person to recline all they wanted, but into their own space.

“I still have no idea why this doesn’t exist in airplanes, as it would fix the problem once and for all. Want to recline? Sure… into your own space!”

A third user added: “As a tall person with long legs, it’s not that I don’t want them to recline, it’s that there is physically no room for the chair to come back any farther.

“Usually, I am flying domestically, and the options for buying a seat with more legroom don’t exist on many of the flights.”