Squeeze Play US Airlines Installing Thinner Seats To Cram More On Board If you didn’t think more seats could be crammed into coach, the airlines have figured it out for you. They are called “Slimline” seats, and are coming to an airline near you. Already, United, Southwest, Delta and Alaska Airlines have installed these thinner seats […]
Efforts Underway to Make Airline Seats Larger Again? Excerpts from CBS17.com As we approach the busy holiday travel period, more and more people will be flying, crammed into seats that are smaller than they were five years ago. However, one advocacy group is trying to stop seat shrinkage and even hopes to start making airline […]
Last Call: November 1 is the Deadline to make a Difference During the summer, the Federal Aviation Administration asked the public to comment on the size of seats on planes and whether they were acceptable. These comments will then be used to determine whether anything should be done or not. The deadline to submit these […]
DID YOU KNOW: How FlyersRights Started? FlyersRights is the Largest Airline Passenger Non-Profit Organization with over 60,000 members. FlyersRights was established in early 2007 when a Napa California realtor, Kate Hanni, was stranded with her husband and two children for 9 hours on the tarmac in Austin Texas along with about 10,000 others similarly situated. […]
Consumer Group Demands FAA Act On Seat Comfort, Safety Excerpts from Forbes Concerned about airline passengers’ comfort and safety, the consumer organization FlyersRights is petitioning the federal government to establish minimum aircraft seat standards by next July. FlyersRights says Congress mandated the Federal Aviation Administration to establish such standards by Oct. 5, 2019, but the […]
What is REAL ID? Passed by Congress in 2005, the REAL ID Act enacted the 9/11 Commission's recommendation that the Federal Government “set standards for the issuance of sources of identification, such as driver's licenses.” The Act established minimum security standards for state-issued driver's licenses and identification cards and prohibits certain federal agencies from accepting […]
Airplane Seats Keep Shrinking as FAA Delays Overdue Rules Excerpts from TheStreet The FAA is still open to hearing your thoughts about airline seats, as the agency is two months into a three-month public comment period. Anyone can weigh in on the matter until November 1, right over here. The FAA said it is looking […]
MEDIA ALERT: FlyersRights' Rulemaking Petition is Open “The Case of the Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat” Rulemaking Petition Is Open For Public Comment on Regulations.gov Members of the public are able to comment on FlyersRights’ rulemaking petition that was submitted to the FAA on October 5, 2022. FlyersRights filed this rulemaking petition on the three year […]
FlyersRights Stands up for Seat Rights Excerpts from eTurboNews FlyersRights, the largest airline passenger organization, filed a rulemaking petition with the FAA on October 5, 2022, the 3rd anniversary of the ignored Congressional deadline for the FAA to set minimum seat standards. FlyersRights rulemaking petition proposes seat dimensions that accommodate 90% to 92% of the […]
FlyersRights Pushes FAA to Stop Airplane Seats from Shrinking Excerpts from The Washington Post FlyersRights says the FAA has failed to carry out Congress’s direction to set minimum standards for the size of airplane seats as called for in the 2018 bill that reauthorized funding for the agency. It requests that the agency implement standards […]
