FAA sticker question

rachelandtyke · Dec 6, 2013

We are flying later in the month. DD2 will go with her KF30. It's 10 months out from expiration, and all the stickers are either coming off or off. I think the important part for the airplane is the part that says: This Restraint is Certified for Use In Motor Vehicles and Aircraft. That part of the sticker is still intact. I can bring the manual. Is/was there anything else I would need to show? We're flying Delta domestically.

newyorkDOC · Dec 6, 2013

I doubt they'll even check. As long as you've got a ticket for your baby, IMEthey don't look at the actual seat. They may gripe about installing it RF but no one has ever checked my stickers.

aeormsby · Dec 6, 2013

We've had them check seats 2-3 times total in the years we took carseats on the plane (flying 2-3 times a year) sometimes while getting on the plane, sometimes when checking in for the flight. I'd just keep the manual handy and have the page flagged so you can find it easily if you need to.

rachelandtyke · Dec 6, 2013

One of the reasons we're taking the bucket is so they can't argue about putting her ff! DS will be in front of her, so it won't bother anyone anyway. She has her own ticket. I've only had them check once, and it was with one of the convertibles for DS. I had to argue with them that it was OK, but they finally allowed it.

Guess I should be sure to grab DS's manual, too, and be sure I know where the sticker is on the seat for him. We'll put him ff even though he is rfing in the car.

cantabdad · Dec 6, 2013

FAA policy allows you to show the manual if the stickers have worn off or become illegible. See FAA Advisory Circular 120-87B, section 11.

It's not a bad idea to have a copy of the circular with you (or saved on your phone) since it's an authoritative document that addresses a lot of the issues that people seem to have.

safeinthecar · Dec 6, 2013

Chicco is really good about sending out new stickers if yours are peeling.

disbugsmomma · Dec 8, 2013

I can't believe that people's seats don't get checked every time. I fly Spirit and they have checked every single time.

newyorkDOC · Dec 8, 2013

disbugsmomma said:
I can't believe that people's seats don't get checked every time. I fly Spirit and they have checked every single time.

all airlines will let you check the seat. It's not good for the seat however. It can get damaged, dirtied, or lost. Many techs will consider a checked seat crashed. There's damage that can be done that us not noticeable to the naked eye.

Keeyamah · Dec 8, 2013

disbugsmomma said:
I can't believe that people's seats don't get checked every time. I fly Spirit and they have checked every single time.

newyorkDOC said:
all airlines will let you check the seat. It's not good for the seat however. It can get damaged, dirtied, or lost. Many techs will consider a checked seat crashed. There's damage that can be done that us not noticeable to the naked eye.

Hopefully she is referring to checking for the stickers, not checking them as baggage.

bubbaray · Dec 8, 2013

http://www.saferidenews.com/srndnn/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=zNnkSQCE0ks=&tabid=352

rachelandtyke · Dec 8, 2013

bubbaray said:
http://www.saferidenews.com/srndnn/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=zNnkSQCE0ks=&tabid=352

I couldn't get the link to work?

disbugsmomma · Dec 9, 2013

Keeyamah said:
Hopefully she is referring to checking for the stickers, not checking them as baggage.

Yes, checking the stickers. Only checked a seat once (lap child), but that seat expired a month later anyway so I wasn't really worried about it. And it was in an accident while on that vacation too.

cantabdad · Dec 9, 2013

rachelandtyke said:
I couldn't get the link to work?

I think this is a link to an earlier policy statement from MACPS (Manufacturers Alliance for Child Passenger Safety) that is was OK to gate-check carseats because they are designed to withstand the forces that they would ordinarily encounter during airline handling.

I've viewed that as providing some peace of mind in the event that I unavoidably must gate-check the carseat, e.g. on a foreign airline, but I personally still think it is better avoided... the carseat can still get damaged, lost/misdirected, etc. and in general there's no reason not to use it onboard.

rachelandtyke · Dec 9, 2013

cantabdad said:
I think this is a link to an earlier policy statement from MACPS (Manufacturers Alliance for Child Passenger Safety) that is was OK to gate-check carseats because they are designed to withstand the forces that they would ordinarily encounter during airline handling.

I've viewed that as providing some peace of mind in the event that I unavoidably must gate-check the carseat, e.g. on a foreign airline, but I personally still think it is better avoided... the carseat can still get damaged, lost/misdirected, etc. and in general there's no reason not to use it onboard.

I've read that before. Don't plan to gate check any seats. Fortunately, my kids are small for their age, so I don't think I'll get any hassle about using their carseats. I need to print the FAA docs to have onhand just in case and be sure I know where the stickers are on DS's seat - plus decide which one to use for him!

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