A group of lawmakers is reviving a push for minimum seat sizes on airplanes after a similar proposal couldn’t get off the ground in the previous Congress.
The Seat Egress in Air Travel (SEAT) Act has been introduced in the House and Senate and aims to make the Federal Aviation Administration establish minimum seat size standards for commercial air travel. The bill also would require the FAA to come up with minimum distances between rows of seats on airliners.
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