{"id":131119,"date":"2022-09-12T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=131119"},"modified":"2022-09-12T23:12:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T23:12:09","slug":"u-s-court-hears-challenge-to-lack-of-rules-on-airplane-seat-size","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2022\/09\/u-s-court-hears-challenge-to-lack-of-rules-on-airplane-seat-size.html","title":{"rendered":"U.S. court hears challenge to lack of rules on airplane seat size"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A U.S. appeals court on Monday heard arguments from a flyer advocacy group urging it to order the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to set minimum seat dimensions on passenger airplanes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2018, Congress said FAA within a year had to issue regulations establishing minimum dimensions for passenger seats – including minimums for seat pitch, width, and length – \u201cthat are necessary for the safety of passengers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2192 Delta will suspend flights between Los Angeles and Panama City.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seat pitch – the distance from one seat back to the next – on low-cost carriers Spirit Airlines and Frontier Airlines is among the industry\u2019s tightest at 28 inches (71 cm) in coach class. The average for other mainline economy seats is around 30 to 31 inches, reported Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCurrently there are no minimum seat dimensions,\u201d said Michael Kirkpatrick, a lawyer for FlyersRights.org. \u201cMaybe they\u2019re going to codify the current seat dimensions and status quo for all conditions required for safety, then maybe there\u2019ll be a challenge on the merits. But the point here is that there is no regulation now on seat pitch, width or length.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Justice Department said the FAA\u2019s \u201cexamination of existing evidence has not yet demonstrated a safety need for minimum seat dimensions\u201d but the FAA continues to \u201cdiligently examine\u201d the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2192 Spirit Airlines will resume its flights between Fort Lauderdale and Managua.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government argues the FAA does not need to issue rules if the regulations \u201care not required to protect passenger safety,\u201d while the flyers group said without judicial action \u201cFAA will continue to treat the statutory requirement as a low priority that it can ignore indefinitely.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In August, the FAA sought public comment and has already received 11,700 comments. The comment period closes on Nov. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Current rules say airlines must be able to evacuate passengers within 90 seconds and do not set seat size requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In July 2018 the FAA said it would not regulate seat size. Airlines\u2019 margins could suffer if they had to reconfigure planes and eliminate seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FlyersRights says U.S. airline seat pitch has shrunk by 3 to 7 inches since 1970 while seat width has decreased by over an inch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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