The agency wants to know how small airline seats should be after Congress ordered a minimum to be set.
with a design that props passengers up in a narrow seat, and when the seats are unused, they fold vertically to save space. Cushions are shaped liked bicycle saddles, missing what the patent application calls "bulk" – meaning the stuff taken up by cushions — a tray table and a headrest.Flyers Rights said that the average seat has gotten narrower too — from 18.5 inches a decade ago to about 17 inches .
The FAA has conducted tests to see whether the current seat sizes comply with plane evacuation requirements. The tests analyzed how fast passengers can evacuate from a plane. Current rules say airlines must be able to evacuate passengers within 90 seconds but do not set requirements on seat size. However, with seats getting smaller and passengers getting bigger, there could be safety implications.
FOX News and the Associated Press contributed to this report. This story was reported from Los Angeles.
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