The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is seeking public feedback about the size of airplane seats. The agency is asking for assistance so it can determine minimum dimensions for passenger seats.

That's how a federal judge in Washington D.C., Patricia Millet, described the issue in a decision she and two other judges handed down Friday, ordering the Federal Aviation Administration to review ...

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has superseded an airworthiness directive (AD) that addressed a fault with both pilots’ seats on Boeing 747 family aircraft, ranging from the 747-200 to the ...

The Federal Aviation Administration plans to order airlines to inspect Boeing 787s because the jets might have defective seat-track hardware due to manufacturing errors. The agency disclosed the ...

You may see economy seats with more legroom in the future, thanks to updated plane safety rules. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will be conducting tests to see whether the current seat ...

An appeals court panel said Friday that federal officials must reconsider their decision not to regulate the size of airline seats as a safety issue. One of the judges called it "the Case of the ...

Declining seat space for passengers on commercial airplanes, coupled with the growing prevalence of larger passengers in the U.S., has provoked concerns in recent years over the lack of regulations ...