thekatie
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A friend just told me that while she was waiting to board a plane, toddler and car seat sitting by her, two different flight attendants told her that it is not safer to have a child in a restraint on the plane. They did say that for an infant, a car seat would be safer than being a lap baby, but once the child can sit by him/herself a restraint was less safe than just the seatbelt. Something about because the car seats aren't tethered and are only secured with the seatbelt, they would flip forward and hit the seat in front.
They did NOT forbid her from using her seat, and she did use the car seat despite their claims of "poor safety", but then she started having doubts and asked for opinion. I gave mine (that they're wrong, wrong, wrong about a child being safer in just the airplane seatbelt once he can sit up), but told her I would ask here in case anyone had a more technical answer.
I wasn't sure if this should be here, chat, or elsewhere - if I'm in the wrong subcategory please move this!
They did NOT forbid her from using her seat, and she did use the car seat despite their claims of "poor safety", but then she started having doubts and asked for opinion. I gave mine (that they're wrong, wrong, wrong about a child being safer in just the airplane seatbelt once he can sit up), but told her I would ask here in case anyone had a more technical answer.
I wasn't sure if this should be here, chat, or elsewhere - if I'm in the wrong subcategory please move this!