1. The plight of economy class travellers has long been recognised by the travelling public, and in recent years have come to the attention of the Courts. Whilst there is a broadly sympathetic tone to the discourse, in a judgment at the end of 2009, in the District Court of New South Wales, Sydney, it was determined that an economy seat's inability to fully recline due to the positioning of a bulkhead was not an "accident" within the meaning of the Warsaw Convention applying to international passengers.
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