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The 'Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat' Gets a U.S. Court Rebuke
If you think the government should do something about the cramped legroom on airplanes, you've got a friend in a federal court.
The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., on Friday ordered aviation regulators to consider setting minimum standards for the space airlines give passengers.
"This is the Case of the Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat," Judge Patricia Ann Millett wrote on behalf of the three-judge panel. "As many have no doubt noticed, aircraft seats and the spacing between them have been getting smaller and smaller, while American passengers have been growing in size."
The court found in favor of Flyers Rights, a nonprofit advocacy group, which had argued that steadily shrinking legroom and seat size created a safety hazard and the Federal Aviation Administration should impose new restrictions.
Additional coverage at Reuters and CNN
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MILLETT.
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Monday July 31 2017, @01:31PM
Can't heaaar you? what diiid yooouu say? ;-)
Just tell them your laptop contains acoustic 3D impedance microphone search array to enable you to heeaaarr anything. Then return to viewing the Rambo visual instruction on how to deal with the akbar thugs ;-)
Maybe some portable footstool can ease this? or support the feet?
Walk around now and then?
And watch out for deep vein thrombosis!