disruptive passenger claim

David_Aston

As far as I can see, the recline seat or not, debate, particularly for short haul has not been aired on here since 2013, so I will just take this moment to say, surely it is simple good manners to turn to the person behind you and tell them you are reclining your seat?

whitesatin

Not always easy to see the person behind you, I have found. I have difficulty turning enough and the seats backs are generally quite high. Sometimes I have been dying to steal a look at the person behind me but can't manage it without standing up.

I would never think to consult or inform the person behind me if I wanted to use a facility which is part of the integral set up.

Who knows, maybe I should be trying to do so.

Thrugelmir

Perhaps all flights should go up by a £100 a ticket. That would keep the riff raff off.

Fly by scheduled airlines if you want a better chance of not encountering an average person.

Jagraf

Nasqueron wrote: »

I expect someone to give some advance warning that they are going to recline and not slam it all the way back the second the seatbelts go off.

I am perfectly happy doing passive-agressive annoyances to anti-social people who make other people's flights uncomfortable

Did you want the airline to give the warning that another passenger would slam their seat back? I'm not sure what you want compensation for?

Kaimoo

Sounds silly but we never recline our seats on a flight, despite my husband being 6ft4 he'd rather sit there crammed in than cause the person behind any inconvenience

Do you think that is silly? We wouldn't like the person in front to have their seat back, in fact if they have done it my husband has asked them to put it back due to his legs being almost crushed

[Deleted User]

Jagraf wrote: »

I'm not sure what you want compensation for?

I think if you read the thread, user "Nasqueron" is not seeking compensation for anything and is clearly not the original poster in this thread!

silvercar

Nasqueron wrote: »

I expect someone to give some advance warning that they are going to recline and not slam it all the way back the second the seatbelts go off.

I am perfectly happy doing passive-agressive annoyances to anti-social people who make other people's flights uncomfortable

Unless you are in business class or first (in which case the distance between seats makes consulting unnecessary) the slamming all the way back of a seat would move it less than 2 inches at knee level and possibly 6 inches at headrest level.

The advance warning is generally taken to be the fasten seat belt light being switched off.

Caz3121

nilequeen wrote: »

I had a disruptive passenger on a recent Monarch flight, she made me very uncomfortable throughout a long flight by constantly kicking and slapping the back of my seat,

I assume you made a complaint to the crew on board. Was the disruptive passenger met by police on arrival?
Were they drunk and you believe they should not have been allowed to board the flight? (trying to work out why you believe Monarch are responsible)

Pollycat

nilequeen wrote: »

I had a disruptive passenger on a recent Monarch flight, she made me very uncomfortable throughout a long flight by constantly kicking and slapping the back of my seat, she was an adult, not a teenager, she also resorted to verbal abuse throughout. My fellow passengers were also uncomfortable and eventually offered to swap seats with me,only towards last 45 minutes.
I have since been complaining to the airlines customer relations dept ,they intially only offered me £50 compensation which is a joke, I have asked for a refund or free flight. They have not agreed.to this.There was another passenger on this same airline recently who set fire to someone.
I am now thinking of taking it to a small claims court as there is no further correspondence, it is a deadlock.
Any advice?

What do you say?

I think asking for a full refund or a free flight is way too much.

You did actually have the flight you paid for, even though it may not have been a pleasant experience.

To get things into perspective, what percentage of the flight cost is the £50 offer?
10%?
25%

Is the offer in cash or vouchers?

You don't mention what the cabin crew did about this incident, only what the other passengers did.
What action did cabin crew take (or didn't take) when you mentioned it to them?


ETA:
what happened to another passenger on the same airline is totally irrelevant to your case.

dickydonkin

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Perhaps all flights should go up by a £100 a ticket. That would keep the riff raff off.

Fly by scheduled airlines if you want a better chance of not encountering an average person.

In my experience, I have found that the 'above average' person on scheduled flights (particularly those in premium cabins who probably have not even paid for their ticket) can be much worse than the 'riff raff' who you seem to believe only use charter airlines.