Trump signs bill that will regulate airline seat sizes

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[–]Ned 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Another win for the people.

[–]Tortoise 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (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 - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Would it be worth it for some breathing room?

[–]Tortoise 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (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.