Trump signs bill that will regulate airline seat sizes
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[–]Ned 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (5 children)
Another win for the people.
[–]Tortoise 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun - 3 years ago (2 children)
Not necessarily, a big part of why airlines were unaffordable back in the day was because the government regulated a price floor, so to attract customers, airlines just made seats bigger since they could not get cheaper to make it affordable to more people until deregulation happened.
Mandating a minimum seat size, depending on the size, may see a return of unaffordable airline tickets as airlines are forced to scale back economy sized seats most could afford.
This all depends on how the law is written though.
[–]Ned 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (1 child)
Would it be worth it for some breathing room?
[–]Tortoise 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (0 children)
Not really, you are still free to buy a business class or first class ticket if you want to.
All expanding seat sizes would do is make business and first class the only choices available.
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[–]Ned 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (0 children)
Doubt they can get any more seats crammed in coach, but who knows.
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