H.C.R. No. 93 Summary

• Requests the Secretary of Transportation to establish minimum dimensions for passenger seats on aircraft operated by air carriers providing interstate or intrastate air transportation.

• Notes that average airline seat legroom has decreased from approximately 35 inches in the 1970s to 31 inches today, with seat width narrowing from 18.5 inches in the 1990s to approximately 17 inches.

• Identifies concerns that reduced seat sizes combined with rising obesity rates may threaten passenger safety and health during emergency evacuations.

• States that the federal government currently imposes no minimum passenger seat size standards and the airline industry opposes seat size requirements.

• Directs transmission of certified copies to the Secretary of Transportation and Hawaii's congressional delegation.