Great post. Cant agree more with it. Im not tall and if the person full reclines its a pain. The girlfriend and I always do a seat check to see if the person behind as their tray out with food or reading/laptop etc. Then we atart to recline about 50% depending on how tall the person behind is and if they are tall you do give the courtesy "hey mind if i lean back a little?"
The only budget airline ive been with is air asia and never again my bags coat more than my seats and then no water at all, wanted me to pay for it.