Lawmakers call for halt to shrinking plane seats

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Six US senators called on the Federal Aviation Administration to ban airlines from any more airplane seat size reductions.

Senators including Chuck Schumer and Richard Blumenthal say seats have been shrinking for since the past 30 years from an average 32 inches seat pitch to 28 inches.

“We urge the FAA to comprehensively review the safety factors impacting seat pitch, width, and length and ensure that such safety factors take into account the entirety of the American public – including children, senior citizens, individuals with disabilities, and others,” they said in letter to FAA Acting Administrator Billy Nolen.

“We urge the FAA to immediately prohibit any reduction in size, width, or pitch of seats.”

Airlines for America claims the FAA ‘has thoroughly studied seat sizes and concluded that current passenger dimensions and configurations are safe.’

The FAA has repeatedly said it would not regulate seat size.

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