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Does anyone have problem with airline headrest. I have trouble sitting up for one but if I can it works best if I can let my head kinda fall back (however had that might be for my neck) at least a little. Now all the airline seat bulges forward and I can almost never sleep.

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They feel like they're designed to optimize discomfort.

There are really only two ways I can sit in them. One is that just one small point of my head makes contact, and my back is perfectly straight and doesn't make contact with the seat. The other is that I do rest my head against it, but I'm bending my head down at a 45 degree angle and it feels like my neck is about to snap.

I wish they just didn't exist.

Thank God to hear that I'm not the only one. Most people seem to have no problem with it.

I wonder if anybody actually likes it more than a flat or depressed headrest.

Same. If the head rests in particular were concave and could lean back a tiny bit to where my head would not roll onto my neighbor / the aisle / smack the side of the plane I’d be able to sleep on every flight.

I believe the sides of most headrests can be pulled forward.

I've found this to be true on trans-oceanic flights, but rarely on trans-continental (USA). I wish it were true on all flights - even if it's not a night flight, it's nice to nod off for a quick 20 min nap sometimes.

Yes, but the mechanism is not strong enough to stay put on US economy planes

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