"This is the case of the incredible shrinking airline seat." The ruling comes after an advocacy group, Flyers Rights, petitioned the FAA in 2015 to implement new rules to regulate seat space. The group celebrated the judges' decision Friday, saying the court "granted Flyers Rights and airline passengers a victory." Seat pitch is a measurement of the distance between one point on a seat to the same point on the seat behind it. In March, Congress once again considered measures that would have established a minimum airplane seat width and legroom distance.

Source: CNN July 29, 2017 19:41 UTC