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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kind of. I'm an airline safety director. I post frequently about child restraint systems on airplanes and how important I think it is, and I get people arguing about how it doesn't matter at all. I don't mind when people say you're safer flying than driving (true) but I do mind when people trot out outdated stats or guidance or try to say that if you go down, you're going to all die anyway (the overwhelming majority of aviation accidents have survivors - little known fact...). Just generally speaking, the other thing people want to talk to me about is how expensive airfares have gotten, when they're the steal of the century compared to what they were 20 / 30 years ago. But, everyone has an opinion on traveling... [/quote]

hey, just fyi, I hear you on some of those things! A friend and I were just remarking on how amazing it is that the airfare from DC out west is just the same as it was when we were in college 25 years ago! Hasn't gone up with inflation or gas price increases at all. It came up because we were talking about how bitchy people have been getting when other people recline their seat. I was wondering why people expect to have all this legroom when they want to pay rock bottom prices! If my seat can recline, I'll recline it, thank you! If you want more legroom, stop complaining about airfares so the airlines will stop trying to cram so many seats into a plane!

I did not know that child restraints were important on the plane. In fact, I'd heard some were not allowed on the plane, so was never sure what to do. I do, however, make sure my kids are well-buckled (they've outgrown the childseat stage). Not as much to survive a crash, but to avoid being injured in turbulence. It annoys me though when other people stay unbuckled, though, as my kids could be more injured by having a big adult fall on them than by being unbuckled themselves. [/quote]
Can you recommend an affordable restraint for toddlers?[/quote]

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