rear facing or forward facing on the plane?

steph · Oct 2, 2007

Okay so we are flying at the end of October with Ryan for the first time. Should he go rear facing in his BV or forward facing (we are flying express jets and I'm wondering the space issue and if the person in front won't be able to recline at all)? I want him rear facing for many reasons but mostly to face me, KWIM?

Also this is a totally dumb question but do I tether his BV rear facing??

Oh and if it will help he will be 19 months old and he currently weighs 28 pounds and is 33 inches long.

CRS · Oct 2, 2007

I would....... RF if it would fit in the space, if not then I'd obviously have to FF! I'm not sure if you should tether it RF?

natysr · Oct 2, 2007

I would RF him too. I like having him RF on the plane. The person in front of him will not be able to put his seat back. But the good news is your son won't be able to kick the seatback either.

Someone on this board told me that you cannot tether on a plane. I didn't know that, and I did tether it, because once someone in front of him slamed his seat back so violently that it pushed DS's seat so far upright, the back of the base wasn't even in contact with the plane seat. I don't think I've ever been that mad in my life at someone. So the next leg of the flight I tethered it to prevent another passenger from doing that....it did work for that purpose though.

Namegirl · Oct 2, 2007

Rearfacing on planes is so convenient--no dropped toys (well, okay, LESS), no kicking the seat in front of him, etc.

I'd definitely go rearfacing in your situation.

NZ Child Restraints · Oct 3, 2007

I have not yet seen/heard of planes that tether child restraints, you would be best to give them a call, then you know if you need extra time and maybe assistance for this.

thepeach80 · Oct 3, 2007

I wouldn't tether it personally. We just flew Express Jet and I LOVED them, so let me know what you think. I fit the Safeseat and the Scenera (rfing) in their seats just fine. No, the person couldn't recline, but it wasn't pushing into their seats or anything and no one cared. I think people would take quiet, happy children over reclining anyday.

steph · Oct 3, 2007

Jennifer,
do you think my BV will fit okay rear facing then?

thepeach80 · Oct 3, 2007

I think so. In my car right now, the Safeseat and BV are at the same recline (I should take a pic, it's interesting to see if nothing else, lol) and I think since the SS fit just fine the BV should b/c it wouldn't be as reclined as the SS was. Does that make sense?

wendytthomas · Oct 3, 2007

We've traveled with Piper's Wizard (the old Boulevard) quite a bit. It fits fine RFing. Easier to install and uninstall than FFing big time.

You don't tether the seats. Just the seatbelt.

And if the person in front of you can't recline, tough. They didn't buy a ticket to recline their seat (not all seats on a plane recline anyway) they bought a ticket to get from point A to point B.

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