A bipartisan crusade to get airline passengers a little more legroom continued last week with the reintroduction of the Seat Egress in Air Travel (SEAT) Act in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. The act was first introduced in 2016 as an amendment to the FAA Reauthorization bill; however, Congress failed to pass it.
FAA Faces Renewed Pressure to Stop the Shrinking of Seat Sizes on Commercial Airplanes
Key Takeaways:
- The bipartisan SEAT Act has been reintroduced in Congress, aiming to compel the FAA to establish minimum seat size standards for commercial airplanes.
- Proponents argue that shrinking airline seat sizes compromise passenger safety (emergency evacuation, deep vein thrombosis risk) and comfort, criticizing airlines for prioritizing profits.
- The FAA maintains that current seat sizes are safe as long as planes can be evacuated in 90 seconds, and is defending its denial of a petition from the passenger rights group Flyers Rights, which has subsequently filed a lawsuit.
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