Congressman wants FAA to set a Minimum Airplane Seat Size Requirement

http://www.cbs58.com/story/31179379/congressman-wants-faa-to-set-a-minimum-airplane-seat-size-requirement#.VrpdQ5PHvcQ.twitter

A Tenessee Congressman Steve Cohen, a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, announced that he plans to offer an amendment to a bill requiring the Federal Aviation Administration to establish a minimum seat size.According to a release from Cohen, the average distance between rows of seats has dropped from 35 inches before airline deregulation in the 1970s to about 31 inches today. The average width of an airline seat has also shrunk from 18 inches to about 16 ½.