Schumer Warns of Shrinking Seats on Flights

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is urging the public to flood the Federal Aviation Administration with comments to delay or cancel the airline industry's plans to shrink travelers' seats.

"Every inch counts when it comes to seats on airplanes," Schumer stated, according to the New York Post. "The squeezing, the tightening, the cramming of airlines makes people feel more like sardines than like travelers."

Schumer adds that the public has until Nov. 1 to weigh in on the little-known possibility of the FAA allowing for smaller airplane seats.

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