Boris Johnson and seat size

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Dear Department for Transport,

How many complaints about the size of public aircraft seats have you recorded please?

Is there any information relating to the article below that states Boris Johnson, was asked to move away from children, apparently due to the size of seating (in 2006)?

'Boris Johnson was asked to move away from children on a plane in 2006, the airline has stalwartly refused to budge (size of seats). The irony is that BA is so worried that it might get sued for a child being harmed' the size of the seating was blamed?

Thanks for any information

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/rosiem...

Yours sincerely

Elizabeth R

Liz R (Account suspended) left an annotation ()

Not an hour after I posted the story that Boris Johnson was asked to move away from two lone 13 year old girls on an aircraft...whom apparently BA (*British Airways) were terrified would sue due to some 'harm' they had suffered) .....an article appeared in todays' Sunday Telegraph announcing a repeal of the BA policy to protect lone children, now they decide to protect lone-travelling men instead? The Childrens' Act always places primacy on safety of children, the paramount interest of the child is always - well paramount, so BA, are you breaking the law? Surely he was just being protective

Lara Bolch, Department for Transport

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Dear Ms R

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