FAA Considers Regulating Plane Seat Sizes

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1Luxury is what flying was supposed to be. But these days, 2legroom is 3shrinking as passengers are getting larger.

¡°Things are definitely getting too small on planes.¡±

¡°We¡¯re dying. And it doesn¡¯t matter what airline it is.¡±

¡°I can¡¯t imagine seats or 4aisles being smaller than they are today.¡±

Now, the Federal Aviation Administration is considering whether to stop airlines from making seats smaller. 

¡°5Evacuate, evacuate, [INAUDIBLE] leave everything, come this way!¡±

The agency is under a congressional mandate to study whether seat size could slow an evacuation. But in 26,000 public comments, many focused on comfort.

¡°The idea is that the more people you can jam into a plane, the more money you¡¯ll make.¡±

Flyers Rights President Paul Hudson says airlines are trying to 6squeeze out more profit. This week, six US Senators told the FAA to act urgently and not wait for seats to get any smaller. 

So I decided to put airlines to the test.

¡°Two things necessary for this little experiment of our own: A ticket and a tape measure.¡±

On this United Airlines flight legroom was right at the industry standard, 30 Inches. But it all depends on the airline. Legroom can get even tighter on 7ultra-low-cost carriers.

¡°That¡¯s tight.¡±

27 inches is what we saw on this Allegiant Airlines flight. Flyers Rights proposes a 8minimum of 32 inches legroom and seats that are wider, dimensions it says would fit 90 percent of Americans.