Spirit Airlines installs pre-reclined seats

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When you're 30,000 feet in the air, sitting three deep, every inch of space counts. So David Bennett would prefer the passenger in front of him not invade his space by reclining his seat.

"That seat coming back disrupts any ability to eat and read," says Bennett, 59, a jail consultant from Park City, Utah. "As difficult as travel is nowadays, give me my space."

Spirit Airlines, the low-cost carrier that soon will charge passengers for stowing carry-on bags in overhead bins, is now installing seats that can't move backward or forward on some of its aircraft.

The "pre-reclined" seats — they lean back 3 inches — are already on the airline's two AirbusA320 jets, and it will outfit two more by the end of this year, the airline says.