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[quote=Anonymous]Wow, OP, I'm an airline executive and while I appreciate your position, you are incorrect in your guess that airlines lobbied against mandatory use of carseats. I will provide some links for your education.

"Airlines Seek Rule Requiring Child Restraints"
February 23, 199

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-02-23/news/9001160140_1_restraint-seats-airlines-faa

"The National Transportation Safety Board wants parents to buy a separate plane ticket for infants and then to strap them into the plane seat using a car seat.

Currently, kids under the age of 2 fly free because they can sit on a parent's lap.

[b]The NTSB said it's impossible for a parent to hold on to their child during a crash and that an infant could become a dangerous projective.[/b]

The Federal Aviation Administration and the [b]Air Transport Association, which represents the air carriers, agree with the NTSB.[/b]  But, in 2004, the FAA decided not to require families to buy an airline seat for infants because they believed the increased cost would force money conscious travelers to drive instead of fly, putting the children on the more dangerous interstates -- causing more deaths than it may save."

source:

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/NTSB-Wants-Infant-Air-Travelers-in-Car-Seats-111621889.html

For parents, here is an honest and factual look at the issue in a fairly unbiased way - this includes information about the real risks of turbulence, etc, as well as how best to deal with less-than-knowledgeable airline employees when it comes to using your carseat on board:

http://otoh.org/opal/carseat.html

For people who still don't believe, please watch the videos:

http://www.ntsb.gov/safety/children.html

And one more concise article:

http://travel.usatoday.com/experts/mcgee/story/2011/03/Readers-respond-on-flying-with-lap-children/44356510/1

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