THIS is the moment a passenger on a 12-hour flight refused to let the woman in front in front of her recline her seat while telling her to “respect the person behind you”.
The travellers were flying from Paris to Los Angeles when the bizarre scenes took place.
A woman was using both of her arms to push forward the seat in front in an attempt to stop the passenger from reclining her seat
The woman later confronted the flyer and told her to ‘respect the person behind you’
In shocking footage captured on August 13, a woman in a black jumper can be seen stretching her arm out in an attempt to prevent the passenger sitting in front from reclining her seat.
As she pushes against the back of the chair, it jolts while continuing to try and move back.
The woman then uses both hands to push the seat forward, using her strength to keep the backrest in an upright position.
The traveller seems to give up trying to recline her seat for a second and the woman behind takes advantage of the moment to quickly put on her headphones before placing her hands on the seat again.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, but no,” she says as she continues her attempts.
She stops her bizarre movements again until the seat begins to jolt back – but the woman reacts fast, and throws out her arms.
As the tension rises between the two flyers, the woman in front begins to get fed up and asks if she talk to someone.
“Just let me know, what’s going on?,” she asks to the woman behind.
The woman leans forward and says: “I said respectfully, can you please stop moving it back?
“Respect the person behind you,” she adds, as the traveller in front explains that she is trying to recline her seat so she can sleep.
The woman continues to tell the person in front to “respect the person behind you” as she continues watching a movie on her laptop which is placed on her legs.
The confrontation seemed to work for the passenger that was being filmed as the seat in front came to a standstill as there were no further attempts to recline.
But with viewers left in two minds about who was in the wrong in this situation, experts believe that there are several occasions when you should never extend your seat back.
In an article in USA Today, two etiquette experts shared the exact moments when reclining a plane seat is never acceptable.
Podcast host and etiquette expert Nick Leighton explained that you shouldn’t recline your seat if the passenger behind you is working on their laptop.
He said: “Nobody likes their laptop snapped in half.”
Before you recline your seat, it’s best to check to see what the passenger behind you is doing.
In another article for the Points Guy, etiquette experts and passengers explained how to recline your seat while causing minimal annoyance to the person behind.
One of those, Julia Esteve Boyd, an etiquette coach and podcaster from Switzerland said: “It is completely reasonable to recline your seat if you want to.
“Don’t recline the seat too quickly.”
One more plane expert took to One Mile at a Time, and claimed that reclining a seat is a right for all passengers, regardless of who they are sitting in front of.
He said: “For me it’s quite simple. Reclining your seat, when the functionality is available, is a right. After all, the recline button is located at your seat, and not the seat behind you.”
However, that’s not to say that other people‘s comfort shouldn’t at least be considered.
Ben says that there are ways to approach the situation and that you shouldn’t just shove your seat back without any warning.
Instead he recommends small gestures, like making eye contact with the person behind you, or just finding some way to let them know that your seat will be going back.