You may have noticed over the years that the seats on airplanes are getting closer and closer.

Sen. Charles Schumer wants the FAA to force airlines to comply with new seat standards for airlines. In 1970 there was 35 inches between seats . In 2015 there was 16.5 inches, not to mention that 65 percent of Americans are overweight or obese which compounds the problem.

We now have rules on how many chickens you can have in a cage, or how many pigs you can have in a crate.How about how many passengers you can stuff on a plane..

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