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posted by Fnord666 on Monday July 31 2017, @10:34AM   Printer-friendly
from the next-up:-the-case-of-the-expanding-airline-passenger dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 31 2017, @08:20PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 31 2017, @08:20PM (#547344)

    lol!