Flight Crowding Seen No Rationale for Knee Defenders in Poll

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As airlines pack more people onto planes, travelers are saying no to fellow passengers using gadgets like the Knee Defender to keep others from reclining their seats.

That’s the opinion of 56 percent of respondents to the quarterly Bloomberg Global Poll of investors, traders and analysts who are Bloomberg subscribers, which asked them whether fliers should be able to protect their space by deploying a device that infringes on another’s comfort.