Shocking Airline Policy

natysr

New member
Virgin America Policy

This may not be unique to Virgin America, maybe it is the FAA policy/guidelines passed down to all airlines, I don't know. But can you believe they allow the use of a 26 year old carseat on their planes?

:eek:
 
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joolsplus3

Admin - CPS Technician
Nah, it's no big deal, really. Just legalese. That just happened to be when seats started getting dynamically tested (prior to 1981 they were just carseat-shaped, no crash testing was required). Kind of like people in cars aren't required to be wearing seatbelts in pre-1968 cars, because seatbelts weren't mandatory in cars before then.

:)
 

MsFacetious

New member
Plus, they also have to have the "FAA approved" sticker on the side or they won't let it on the plane.

How many 26 year old seats do you know that still have the stickers? :) Even ten year old seats rarely if ever do. That has always made me feel better about them saying that the seat has to be made after 1981, ect.
 

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