Carseats on a plane

lovemyfamily

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So I am getting in to a pissing contest with a lady on a Pilot Wives Facebook page (my husband is a Captain with American Airlines and I am a "retired" flight attendant). She is trying to tell me that only top rated carseats can be RF on planes. When I asked her what are "top rated" she couldn't tell me and said that 5 years ago when she researched that she read it somewhere.
Before I respond I want to be sure that I am correct. That all FAA approved carseats that can be RF in a car, can be RF in a plane, child under weight limit for RF of course. And is there a link to this that I could post? I fear that will be the only way to shut her up.

I think she was insulted when she replied that she would rather hold her child on her lap, than miss a standby flight (how we fly on our husband's benefits) because it only had 1 seat. And I told her that my child's safety was more important than making ANY flight, free or not. :D
 
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lovemyfamily

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She's wrong. There's no rating.

Here's the FAA Advisory Circular regarding child restrains. Any car seat certified by a government entity (like all the ones sold in store in the US) that bear a sticker saying its certified for use in aircraft, can be used on an aircraft, rear-facing or forward-facing, as long as it's used according to instructions.

http://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC 120-87B.pdf

Perfect. Thank you! I thought I was right! :)
 

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