Davis, Nadler Introduce Legislation to Help Keep Families Seated Together on Flights

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U.S. Reps. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) and Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today announced the introduction of bipartisan legislation to help keep families seated together on commercial flights. H.R. 3334, The Families Flying Together Act of 2015, would require the U.S. Department of Transportation to direct each airline carrier to notify passengers traveling with minors if seats are not available together at the initial booking stage and for each carrier to establish a policy to ensure, to the extent practicable, that a family is seated together during flight.

"Air travel is complicated and expensive enough for families without adding new stresses," said Nadler. "Families should not be stuck paying hidden fees, or buying "premium' seats, simply because they wish to be seated together on crowded flights. It is positively absurd to expect a two or three-year-old to sit unattended, next to strangers, on an airplane. It is up to air carriers to make their seating policies clear and easily accessible to the public."

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