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This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament

Rejected petition Aircraft minimum seating increase for all short haul /medium/long haul leaving& returning uk airports

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Owing to the ever increasing cost of air travel i would like to see the economy traveller treated with the respect they deserve & have seating arrangements that are inline with there on board safety film /manual unless we are all only no taller than 4ft-6in you just could not do the brace possition in the event it had to be adopted A fair seat size is what you can upgrade to in premium economy should be the standard size in economy at least no less that 36in pitch.
As the average hight of people these days is on the increase would the goverment please put pressure on the aviation authority that sets these guidelines 95% cannot afford even to upgrade to premuim economy we are taking the medicine with the austerity measures so pleaese help us get some joy when we scrape the money together to go on holiday

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