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Congress To Regulate Shrinking Airline Seats?
2018-09-24
[Hot Air] Back in June, we looked at an FAA Inspector General’s report which suggested that the smaller and smaller airline seats we’re being jammed into presented a possible safety hazard. By law, commercial airliners are supposed to be able to be evacuated in 90 seconds in the event of an emergency. Recent incidents revealed that was taking two and a half minutes or more with a fully packed flight. The IG directed the FAA to take a fresh look at the issue, leading some to believe that the FAA was finally about to restore some legroom on airline flights.

Well, the FAA blew off the report and nothing was changed. Dealing with the growing chorus of complaints from travelers, it now appears that Congress is going to step in and do something about it whether it involves a safety issue or not. (Detroit News)
Posted by:Besoeker

#10  Congress should force them to list the measurements for seat width and leg room and let the people decide.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2018-09-24 23:17  

#9  Nice 'Airplane' reference!
Posted by: Raj   2018-09-24 17:51  

#8  'And Leon is getting larger.'
Posted by: swksvolFF   2018-09-24 17:35  

#7  Flying, TSA, over-priced tickets, fees....air travel simply is for the birds (pun intended).
Posted by: Clem   2018-09-24 17:33  

#6  Ref #5: Delta flt many years ago, a similar situation resulting in me being pinned in (continued push, push, pushing from the man in the seat just ahead)..... unable to adjust my legs and escape. Very course language quickly resulted, ....very course, until resolution reached.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-09-24 17:02  

#5  I'm just slightly shorter than you, Frank, and my knees just love it when the person in front of me slams their seat back when the seat-belt sign goes off.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2018-09-24 16:11  

#4  I'm a 5'9" woman and if not sitting up perfectly straight my knees sometimes touch the seat in front.
Posted by: warthogswife   2018-09-24 12:02  

#3  It is probable that I am the only one here who finds coach comfortable. But I’ve recently been forced to give up the idea of ever crossing 5’ (152 cm) going north.
Posted by: trailing wife   2018-09-24 12:00  

#2  I'm 6'-2", not incredibly tall, and my knees touch the seat in front of me even when upright. Tell me about it
Posted by: Frank G   2018-09-24 10:20  

#1  Will they simultaneously regulate growing passenger girths?
Posted by: Glenmore   2018-09-24 09:47  

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