US The FAA will have to evaluate seat sizes. Here's what happens next
President Trump signed a bill that will likely set minimum seat sizes for aircraft, after a 3-year journey by bipartisan lawmakers worried about timely evacuations with shrinking seats. Airplanes are required by law to be able to do a full evacuation in 90 seconds or less. But with the average seat size decreasing as airlines — both low-cost airlines and regular — look to make more money, many have doubted that timely evacuations are realistic. But while the law exists, real testing using live people representing travellers has not been done in the modern era of aviation. “We had a real live situation in Chicago and it took over 2 minutes for a plane to evacuate,” representative Steve Cohen, who authored the legislation that was included in the FAA Reauthorisation bill, said. <br/>
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US The FAA will have to evaluate seat sizes. Here's what happens next
President Trump signed a bill that will likely set minimum seat sizes for aircraft, after a 3-year journey by bipartisan lawmakers worried about timely evacuations with shrinking seats. Airplanes are required by law to be able to do a full evacuation in 90 seconds or less. But with the average seat size decreasing as airlines — both low-cost airlines and regular — look to make more money, many have doubted that timely evacuations are realistic. But while the law exists, real testing using live people representing travellers has not been done in the modern era of aviation. “We had a real live situation in Chicago and it took over 2 minutes for a plane to evacuate,” representative Steve Cohen, who authored the legislation that was included in the FAA Reauthorisation bill, said. <br/>
