Airline Seats.

Legislation to introduce a minimum seat width and pitch for air passengers is being debated by the US government this week.

Steve Cohen, a congressman from Memphis, claims the average distance between rows of seats has dropped from 35 inches, before airline deregulation in the 1970s, to about 31 inches today, raising health and safety concerns. Telegraph. I just LOVE the sound of this. I flew to Capetown four years ago on BA with the passenger in front having their seat tilted back. My upper chest had three and a half inches of space for eleven and a half hours. NIGHTMARE! If the US does this - others will follow!