U.S. government ordered to solve "Case of the Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat"

hank

Judge orders FAA to have a look (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-planes-idUSKBN1AD28Y

Fighting the Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat (NYT)
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/29/travel/shrinking-airline-seats.html

Graphic image (Big man - Small seat)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6671018/Obese-air-passenger-in-economy-seat-has-picture-taken.html

How airline seats have shrunk over the years (comparisons by year)
http://maphappy.org/2015/07/this-is-how-small-airplane-seats-have-shrunk-over-the-years/

10 worst airlines for seat size (Size diminishes as you go from 10 to 1)
http://www.therichest.com/expensive-lifestyle/location/10-airlines-with-the-worst-economy-seats/

Seats pose threat to health and safety (Blumenthal)
https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/shrinking-airline-seats-a-threat-to-passenger-health-and-safety-blumenthal-to-seek-action-to-require-minimum-standard
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Fur Flying in Pet-People Clashes in the Sky (Added just for @Ted)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/advice/2015/07/31/flying-pets/30930717/
Donna Tinoco, who works for an advertising agency in Orlando, was surprised when she found herself sitting across the aisle from a medium-size dog in the first-class cabin on a transcontinental flight recently. "I was not thrilled to have a dog sitting next to me for six hours," she says.

Ted

@Hank: