Why you don t own the right to recline in your airplane seat Salon 3/8/2021 © Provided by Salon No Leg Room On Airplane
Who owns the space behind your airplane seat: you reclining or the squished laptop user behind? And who owns your online life: you clicking around or Facebook selling your most intimate data?
Turns out, these puzzles are both the same puzzle and they share a single answer: you lose. The prize goes to those who know how the simple rules of ownership really work.
James Beach is a large guy, over six feet tall. On a United Airlines flight from Newark to Denver, the businessman lowered his tray table and attached his Knee Defender. The Knee Defender is a simple plastic clamp available for $21.95 that locks the seat in front. Its website claims the clamp will stop reclining seats on airplanes so your knees won t have to. Assured of his workspace, Beach opened his laptop.
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