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On a United flight on Sunday from Newark to Denver, a passenger fed up with people reclining their seat in front of him, used a $22 device called a knee . It attaches to the tray table of the seat in front of you and prevents the person sitting there from pushing their seat back. He shouldn鈥檛 have even had it on the plane because <a href=http://www.avanttravel.com/michaelkorssonline.php> michael kors sale</a>  United and other airlines have banned the device.
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Maybe it鈥檚 best if your seat doesn鈥檛 recline at all. (Kent D. Johnson/MCT)
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You can probably fill in the rest. The woman in front was furious that she couldn鈥檛 exercise her God-given right to push her seat back. An airline attendant was called, voices were raised, matters got completely out of hand, and eventually the woman threw a glass of water in the guy鈥檚 face.
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At that point the flight was diverted to Chicago, the two passengers were told to get off the plane and everyone else plane continued on to Denver. Nicely played everyone.
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Frankly, it is tough to pick someone to root for in this spitting match. Who buys a device to lock a seat back? And how entitled do you have to be to get so upset about not being able to recline the seat that you end up getting thrown off the plane?
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We can however, with certainty, identify the villain. It is United? Or, if you鈥檇 rather, every single one of those airlines that continues to cram passengers into ever-smaller spaces.
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But that鈥檚 not the real problem. I think we鈥檝e all accepted the fact that airline travel has become a cattle call. That getting in and out of your narrow seat is going to require contortionist skills. Most people smile politely and make the best of the incredibly cramped conditions. That鈥檚 just the way it is.
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But the reclined seat is the final indignity. Just when you鈥檝e resigned yourself to the tiny bit of air space you鈥檝e been allotted for a trip that will take hours, the person in front of you blithely flips back the seat and takes away another six to eight inches. Just try to get out of your seat <a href=http://capstone.edu.sg/clreplicashoes.php>Christian Louboutin Shoes Sale</a>  and go to the restroom now.
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This raises two questions, only one of which is fixable.
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First, why do people push their seat back when they know it鈥檚 going to inconvenience the person behind them? Can鈥檛 we appeal to everyone鈥檚 better nature and say, for the good of all, that it would be better if we didn鈥檛 do that.
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Sorry, the answer is no. We鈥檝e tried that. I wrote a column about this years ago, and the responses were breathtaking in their sense of entitlement. 鈥淚 NEED to recline my seat,鈥?one man wrote. 鈥淚鈥檓 TIRED.鈥?There were tons of e-mails like that. Every person who ever sat in front of me must have written in. It was a landslide of 鈥渢ough break pal, as long as the seat reclines, I鈥檓 doing it.鈥?
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Which brings us to the second question: Why do the seats recline anyway? It鈥檚 not as if the short little push-back makes anyone more comfortable. It鈥檚 six inches at most. You鈥檙e still sitting upright, in a cramped position.
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So why do the airlines continue to pretend this is some luxury-liner perk. It鈥檚 not only pointless, it鈥檚 profoundly annoying.
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Actually, that鈥檚 not the real recipe. If the seats were in a fixed, slightly reclined position, none of this would happen. The airlines are 鈥?whether they intend to or not 鈥?promoting this controversy. They can fix it in a week. Just lock up the seats so they don鈥檛 recline. Simple.
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Because it鈥檚 clear the current system isn鈥檛 working. For proof let鈥檚 go back to our two passengers. They were sitting in the 鈥渆conomy plus鈥?section, where passengers pay extra for a little more for a little more leg room.
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How鈥檇 that work out, United? And how鈥檇 you like the national publicity that there was a near fist fight on one of your flights? Do you think that鈥檚 going to help ticket sales?
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You know that would be a smart move? Fix the seats so they don鈥檛 recline. Problem solved. You鈥檙e welcome.
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UnitedHealth Group currently provides health insurance services to more than 75 million people worldwide and is the largest insurance company of its kind in the U.S. With the onset of states' participation in the Affordable Care Act, the Minnesota-based insurer "has remained especially vague on the number of systems in would participate in," says , "placing the number somewhere between 10 and 25."

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Employee Review: "The company offers pretty fair work life balance, decent benefits, freedom to make decisions, friendly customers, a good place to start your career."*

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  • All employee reviews sourced from , a free jobs and career community that offers the world an inside look at jobs and companies. Reviews may have been edited for clarity.

Note: All openings are on CareerBuilder, an AOL Jobs sponsor.

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