Included in House FAA bill: Minimum size for airline seats
September 27, 2018
The House voted Wednesday to direct the federal government to set a minimum size for airline seats, bar passengers from being kicked off overbooked planes, and consider whether to restrict animals on planes.
Those and other passenger-related provisions were included in a bill to authorize Federal Aviation Administration programs for five years. The House approved the measure by a 398-23 vote, sending it to the Senate, which faces a Sunday deadline.
The FAA bill is also notable for what is not included.
Lawmakers abandoned a plan backed by airlines to privatize the nation's air-traffic-contr...
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