Three flights: (1) SEA-PEK May 12 2012. Satisfactory flight but almost inedible first meal. (2) Moscow-PEK June 9-11 2012. (20.55 Departure) Flight initially delayed 2 hours then 11 more hours until June 10. Official reason given was "weather." Unofficial reason (given to one transit passenger): pilot was too tired to fly. Everyone with a Russian visa was taken to a nearby hotel for a few hours' sleep. Transit passengers left to try to sleep in the airport. The next day not a single word of apology was given for the delay. (3) PEK-SEA June 11 2012. Not a single seat in economy class would recline more than 0.5" (1.0 cm)! This made for a mostly sleepless 11-hour flight. Some passengers opted for the floor others made a mound of their blankets and micro-pillows on their folding tables and put their heads on them. Attendants seemed just as surprised as the passengers about the non-reclinable seats as did a pilot I spoke to upon arrival in Seattle.