In This Story DAL +1.01% AAL -0.64% UAL +2.78% ULCC -3.74% CMCSA -1.40% If you’ve been annoyed over the last few years that you had to pay to get an assigned seat on a flight, so is the government. The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, in one of its last acts before a more business-friendly Republican majority takes over next year, has issued a report criticizing the airline industry’s growing reliance on ancillary fees like seat fees and baggage fees. Suggested Reading Subway's