Passengers call for BAN on reclining plane seats after push from iconic chair brand La-Z-Boy [Video]

PASSENGERS and the iconic chair brand La-Z-Boy are calling for a ban on reclining plane seats.

The famous lounger company launched its campaign to ban reclining plane seats earlier this year.

The petition received 186,000 signatures of support in just one month.

In a marketing video, the company encouraged viewers to “recline at home, not on your flight”.

This comes as the debate over whether it’s acceptable to recline your seat on a plane ramps up.

Earlier this year it was reported that passengers on a flight from Hong Kong to London got in a row over a reclining seat.

Passengers behind verbally abused the woman in front and shook her chair.

A couple at the centre of the argument were later banned from flying with the airline.

Some 31 per cent of Brits think it’s acceptable to stretch out mid flight, …