FlyersRights.org, e leng mokhatlo o moholo ka ho fetisisa oa litokelo tsa bapalami ba lifofane, e fane ka karabo ea eona e khutšoanyane Lekhotleng la Maipiletso la US bakeng sa DC Circuit nyeoeng ea eona e batlang ho qobella Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ho fana ka litekanyetso tse fokolang tsa boholo ba setulo se hlokoang ke Congress. 2018 FAA Reauthorization Act. Nako e behiloeng ka molao e ile ea feta lilemo tse fetang tse peli le halofo tse fetileng. FAA, matsatsi pele e fana ka tlaleho ea eona ka Mmesa, e lokolitse tlaleho ea Mots'eanong 2020 le tlaleho ea Pherekhong 2021 Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI). FAA e ile ea pheha khang ea hore ha e hloke ho beha maemo a bonyane ba setulo.
Paul Hudson, Mopresidente oa LipapalingSoft.org e itse, "Khang ea FAA ea hore matla a eona a akaretsang a ho khothaletsa polokeho ea lifofane e feta taelo e hlakileng le e tobileng ea Congressional ea ho beha maemo a setulo ke ntho e sa utloahaleng. Molao o hlakile, mme FAA e tlameha ho beha maemo a bonyane a boholo ba setulo.
The FAA, ka bokhutšoaane ba eona ba ho arabela, e ile ea bolela hore e ne e sa “sotha menoana ea bona e metona.” FAA e boetse e pheha khang ea hore lithuto tsa eona, ho kenyeletsoa le phuputso e sa tsoa hatisoa ea CAMI "ha e so ka e bonts'a hore melaoana e mecha ea boemo ba setulo ea hlokahala ho sireletsa polokeho ea bapalami."
Boithuto ba CAMI bo qheletse ka thoko batho ba etsang liteko tsa bapalami ba sa khoneng ho lula litulong tse nyane tsa lifofane. Liperesente tse mashome a tšeletseng (60%) tsa batho ba etsang liteko tsa bapalami ba lumela hore ho tla ba "thata" kapa "ho thata haholo" ho tsoa setulong sa 26 inch (pitch). Habohlokoa le ho feta, hoo e ka bang liperesente tse mashome a supileng a metso e supileng (76.9%) ea batho ba 712 ba neng ba etsa liteko tsa baeti ba ne ba nahana hore setulo se ke ke sa "bolokeha" kapa "sa bolokeha haholo" sefofaneng lihora tse peli kapa ho feta. Lithuto tsa bapalami ba neng ba sa khone ho lekana setulong sa 28 inch kapa ba ipehetseng hore ha ba khone ho kena setulong sa 26 inch ha baa kenyelletsoa lipalong tse kaholimo.
FlyersRights.org e emetsoe nyeoeng ea hajoale ke Public Citizen Litigation Group, USCA Case # 22-1004.
SEO U LOKELANG HO SE NKA HO SEHLOOHO ENA:
- Passenger test subjects who could not fit in the 28 inch seat or who self-reported that they could not fit in the 26 inch seat were not included in the above figures.
- Circuit in its lawsuit seeking to compel the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue the minimum seat size standards required by Congress in the 2018 FAA Reauthorization Act.
- The FAA also argued that its studies, including the recently published CAMI study “have not, in the agency’s view, demonstrated that new seat-dimension regulations are necessary to protect passenger safety.
