Critical Reasoning

In the past most airline companies minimized aircraft weight to minimize fuel costs. The safest airline seats
were heavy, and airlines equipped their planes with few of these seats. This year the seat that has sold best to
airlines has been the safest one-a clear indication that airlines are assigning a higher priority to safe seating
than to minimizing fuel costs.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument above?
(A) Last year's best-selling airline seat was not the safest airline seat on the market.
(B) No airline company has announced that it would be making safe seating a higher priority this year.
(C) The price of fuel was higher this year than it had been in most of the years when the safest airline seats
sold poorly.
(D) Because of increases in the cost of materials, all airline seats were more expensive to manufacture this
year than in any previous year.
(E) Because of technological innovations, the safest airline seat on the market this year weighed less than
most other airline seats on the market.


OA E

But why not B?

Not B because announcementg has no beariing on their action. Why you expect airlines to annoubnce that they are going to prefer save in fuel cost on the expense of your safety,

Earlier, airline companies minimized the safest seats because they were of heavy weights which helped them in minimizing fuel costs.

Currently, the airlines companies equip their airlines more with the safest seats.

How can the airline companies have more safest seats without compromising on fuel costs?

This would answer the question.

IMO E.

This option clearly says that .. due to less weight of safest airline seats more seats could be accomodated in an airline as compared to seats used last year without increasing the overall weight of safest seat.

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If the safest airline seats are now among the lightest, as choice E says, then buying them could be part of a strategy of minimizing fuel costs, rather than indicating a shift away from that goal.
Choice E, therefore, is the best choice.
Choice A merely confirms that seat safety has improved, and thus does not weaken the argument. Many policy shifts take place without being publicly announced, so choice B does not weaken the argument. Choice C indicates that minimizing fuel costs remains a priority, but it is neutral on whether safety has become more important, so C is incorrect. Choice D does not distinguish between safe and unsafe seats, and is thus also incorrect.