'Airplane seats are far too small': Travelers are calling on the Federal Aviation Administration to implement larger seat size minimums
, which were posted on the organization's website during a 90-day period from August 3 to November 1, before making a decision.
Although the three-month period for public comments is intended to help improve safety for air passengers —particularly in emergency evacuations — more than 21,000 commenters spoke of their discomfort in seats on a variety of airlines. Pizor continued:"Estimates say that fewer than TWENTY PERCENT of Americans can fit in current airplane seats, and whether or not you feel that fat people deserve to be treated with dignity, that number is totally unacceptable."
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