Why your airline seat may shrink even more under new regulations

PS Airlines re-configure seating when it suits them. The "it costs too much to move them" argument feels pretty tragically bogus. Somebody lobbied to hard, if thats being believed.

The obvious consumer benefit is cheaper flights. Smaller seats mean lower costs, and competition should force airlines to pass the savings on to consumers. If they're colluding to keep the savings to themselves, that's a failure of anti-trust law, not a failure of seat size law. I don't see why the government should force people to pay extra for luxury.