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On the recordJuly 16, 2019
Despite this, seat sizes continue to shrink, and the seat sizes shrink not on their own, but because the airlines want to pack more people in, they want to emulate sardines in an airplane.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen criticizes airlines for reducing seat sizes to increase capacity, impacting passenger comfort.

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