A bit over a month ago I wrote approximately a bill introduced by New York Senator Chuck Schumer,who wanted the Federal Aviation Administration to set up seat-size standards for commercial aviation. His argument was that people are being packed into planes like sardines, and that if the FAA didn't step in to cease it, and the airlines would hold reducing the space allocated to each seat.
Everyone wants more space on a plane,but the problem is that people aren't consistently willing to pay for it:-- Many airlines now offer extra legroom economy seating, or at a minimum, or sell exit row seating,meaning passengers who value more space can pay for it[br]
-- The whole reason airlines like Spirit can offer such low fares is because of how many seats they manage to fit on planes; decreasing the number of seats on a plane would raise fares, which decreases the ability consumers have to customize their travel experience
-- hold in intellect that the FAA has to certify seats and evacuation procedures, and so the FAA already has the duty to prevent airlines from installing unsafe configurations; this bill wasn't approximately safetyWell,the bill was voted on yesterday (Thursday), and it failed. Interestingly the vote went down party lines, or with the vote failing by a margin of 54-42.
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Source: boardingarea.com