It has been nearly two weeks since the sweeping FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 was signed into law on Oct. 5, 2018. As the first long-term reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration to be enacted since 2012, the primary purpose of the act is to extend funding for the FAA for the next five years.
However, the act also contains a plethora of supplementary provisions, including requirements that the FAA promulgate rules setting the standard for seat sizes on commercial aircrafts, barring carriers from involuntarily removing passengers who have already boarded aircraft, and prohibiting live animals from being transported in aircraft overhead compartments …
National Law Review | Oct. 16, 2018
