MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
By Ashley Halsey III @ WashingtonPost.com, Feb. 24
[....] The Federal Aviation Administration promises it soon will decide whether to step in and determine just how much room you deserve when flying with a commercial airline.
It’s all part of what Judge Patricia Millett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit called “the Case of the Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat.”
“As many have no doubt noticed, aircraft seats and the spacing between them have been getting smaller and smaller, while American passengers have been growing in size,” Millett said in a July ruling ordering the FAA to review seat sizes and legroom.
The FAA said it will soon announce its decision, but officials declined to specify when [....]
oh please, pretty please! I'm a pretty small person and I am miserable flying now. I just want to be able to reach under the seat space in front of me without breaking my neck.