Business | Recline and fall

Who owns the space between reclining airline seats?

Some thoughts on conflict resolution from economists

By B.R.

TO WHOM does the legroom on an aeroplane belong? More specifically, who owns the four inches of knee-space into which a passenger can recline his seat?

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