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Seats on airplanes should not be abled to recline. The impact for the passenger behind you is always negative.

Ditto, the extra 1 inch or so makes no difference to me. It reminds me of the close door button on elevators, maybe it has a placebo effect and provides some psychological comfort even though it does practically nothing.

I agree, but I also think it translates to a psychological discomfort for the passenger behind.

I obviously feel the same way, but this is an extremely controversial topic apparently. The last time I posted this opinion, I got bombarded with angry 'I paid for the feature so I'm using it' replies.

Just set a mild recline to all seats and lock it in. Making them adjustable is just asking for conflict.

That is basically exactly what they do. The seats have to come up more vertical for safety for take off and landing. Other then that you can set the seat to a very mild recline position. There is only like what 1 maybe 2 inches of adjustment.

The adjustment is still enough to cause conflict - evidenced by it being discussed here.

The design of an enclosed space should be to minimise conflict. The fact that people will be entitled over either "right to recline" or "personal space" is just a point for unecessary conflict.

Keep it simple, keep it same for all.

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