Isn&#x27;t it kind of a fake olive branch &#x2F; placebo that airplanes have reclining seats anyway?  It gives a little extra space to the recliner but takes space away from the person sitting behind, so to reclaim it they need to recline their seat and so on.  If everybody reclines then everybody ends up with the same amount of space and no one is better off, except maybe the people in the front or back rows.