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Reclining your airplane seat is generally fine. Retaliating against recliners is not

By Timothy P. Carney

Published November 2, 2023 11:54pm ET

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Reclining your airplane seat is generally fine. Retaliating against recliners is not — In this Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, photograph, an airman with the Royal Saudi Air Force walks away from a C-130 Hercules military cargo plane near Mukalla, Yemen, at an airport now serving as a military base for the United Arab Emirates. The port city of Mukalla, once held by al-Qaida, shows how fractious Yemen is and will remain even if the Saudi-led war in the country ends in an uneasy peace for the Arab world's poorest nation. | (Jon Gambrell/AP)

Airlines bring you hundreds or thousands of miles in a really short amount of time, which is why people fly. That is, people don’t fly for a pleasant travel experience. Airlines value economy more than passengers value comfort, which results in somewhat cramped cabins.

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