The FAA is finishing a months-long public comment period on whether they should implement a ‘minimum seat size’ standard. The process was prompted by concerns over safety and whether a cabin could be evacuated in the required 90 seconds. Flyersrights.com has submitted a petition calling for a moratorium on shrinking seats.
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Hahahahaha! There is NO WAY a plane could be evacuated in 90 seconds 😂😂😂 look how long it takes to deplane at the end of every flight
Make that money! What are u going to walk there!?! Now boarding sardines! If airlines could make you sit on each others laps, they would. Plus baggage fees! Rake in that dough!!!
I love how the video's details have a hundred links to NBC stuff but no link to the FAA's comments page on the issue they're reporting on.
Um….35 inches INCLUDES the depth of the seat.
TELL the PUBLIC to STOP BEING SO OBESE!!!!!
Why no link to FAA?
Here's a question, should the Airline companies compensate for American's poor eating habits and larger waistlines? Active and fit people like me don't have much of an issue flying in the current setup.
I’m 6’6 and I don’t expect airlines to accommodate people my size, but seats today are made for midgets, it’s getting ridiculous, I usually try to get the exit row seat because guaranteed if I get a regular seat some little brat will be in front of me slamming the seat into my knees.
I’m 6’5” and feel absolutely miserable when flying. But at the end of the day- they have no obligation to pander to your comfort. If you don’t like it, either upgrade your seat or don’t fly at all.
I flew on frontier recently. The guy next to me-I felt every hot breath of his on my face. I dropped my phone and there wasn’t even room to bend to pick it up. It was traumatizing a little.
They are using people on a test room, who are prepared and ready to evacuate a plane. People barely are able to get up when it’s time to leave the plane upon departure. Especially being that I live in Florida. We have a lot of babies and elderly that fly in when I’m going back home. It’s no way you could tell me that any flight I’ve been on in the past 10 years could’ve exited in 90 seconds. I hope they do put a minimum on pitch and seat width. 28 inches is torture and why I prefer JetBlue who has the biggest standard outside of Southwest.
More leg room sure, but I don't think seat width needs to be increased, that should serve as a grimm reminder to buy a water instead of a diet coke at Hudson News
No one under 18 or 60 and no one with disabilities on FAA evacuation test? the Pre-boarding for every flight has at least 20 people from that group!
At 6 foot 4 tall, if the person in front of my reclines, my knees get. crushed. My knees are pushed up against the back of the seat in front of me. The seats are more narrow than ever, I don't want my body touching the person's arm next to me. It is absolutely horrible. No way to get out of the plane quickly. Now the airlines are charing higher fees for a seat next to the emergency exit door which has more space. The airlines made more profits than this last year while treating consumers like garbage. I only fly if I absolutely have to. Next, they want to have us standing like cows in line for slaughter. SICK
Fix the dam head rest. No need to push the head forward
I am sick of it. Before to long they will have people standing for an entire flight !!
It is just greed!! Untill someone sues for having a stroke due to a DVT from a non ergonomic seating position.
So again I ask, why won't we invest in high speed rail? At least then you could walk to the other cars and do things, instead of sitting in a flying pressurized fart box like a tin of sardines.
Prices gonna go up to cover fuel, etc. Less passenger, is less income for the airlines. Watch price go up if they make it bigger and they lose seats from this.
Before they approve this, they should make the airline board members and executives have 40 hours fully booked international flights back-to-back on the cheapest economy class seat and see how they like it. And don't give them aisle seats.
This is why I support JetBlue buying Spirit.
Yeah I’ve stopped flying
Leaves space for an airline to make accommodations, have a different goal (not max people but max satisfaction among customers), execute a better and comfortable experience, can charge more money but still accessible, long term may make more profits or similar to the sardine method
Stop the greed, my god.. These are human beings not cargo.
If you’re going to let obese people who are too wide for current seats keep flying, airlines better make bigger and fewer seats. At least provide bigger seat options at a higher price point because why should someone who’s 150 lbs pay as much as someone who’s 300 lbs? They charge extra for luggage above a certain weight limit
I like the DC 10. Very comfortable.
Sardines! I'm very small and over 20 years ago I was very uncomfortable.
I expect better from the FAA on that evacuation video. the first monkey wrench would be good people going BACK to assist someone panicking and/or a disability, elderly being confused, which would cluster f…k the entire operation. And other people only thinking about themselves and what bag they left with their extremely important……cell phone.
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Remember that plane crash of an overweight plane out of Atlanta because airlines were "estimating" the average weight of an American based on 1970 data?? I usually have an open seat next to mine (3 hour flights only) Calgary to Salt Lake to LA or Kalispell to SLC, transfer to Ontario, Ca airports. One time I made a flight via Seattle (bad idea); plane full, two guys next to me that exceeded 300 lbs. each. I was the cream cheese between the two slices of Wonder Boy bread. I can't IMAGINE a flight to HK that's eleven hours and tolerating THAT. 3 hours I can handle.
Fly anywhere outside of the states, you realize just how little U.S. airlines care about their customers. It's a national embarrassment.
every time i get on a plane, i spot the giant fatties at the gate and pray to Jesus they don't sit on me
Focus on comfort. The rest will follow.