Released: November 02, 2022

Americans fed up with tiny airline seats flood FAA with complaints

Source: Lisa Fleisher, Bloomberg

Fed up with being crammed in alongside other unhappy customers, passengers flooded the agency with nearly 25,000 comments. 

While many stuck to the FAA’s request to address whether the seat width, length, pitch and other dimensions were a direct threat to travelers’ safety in the event of an emergency evacuation, many also took the opportunity to slam comfort levels in typical economy cabins.

"Current airline seat dimensions are so small that exiting a plane during an emergency is nigh impossible for people who are very tall or obese."

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