Will the FAA come to the rescue of cramped flyers?

Washington

IF the world seems to be closing in around you, check to see if you're on an airplane. Could that wall of seat backs have inched closer? Are those armrests pinching even tighter?

It's not your imagination. They have and they are. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) promises it soon will decide whether to step in and determine just how much room you deserve when flying with a commercial airline. It's all part of what DC circuit judge Patricia Millett called "the Case of the Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat".