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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would never have considered carrying my child on my lap. Ask pilots and flight attendants, and they will always tell you to please buy a seat for your child. Ever been in clear air turbulence? I've seen flight attendants get thrown up and break a limb. What chance does a small child have?

Drive, pay for a seat, or stay home. If you are being relocated for work, your employer will pay for a seat for all members of your family.[/quote]

When you regularly fly internationally - long haul - it's too expensive.  Life is full of risks.  That one we're willing to take.[/quote]

Then stop flying internationally so much.  Parenting is full of sacrifices--maybe for you one of those sacrifices should be your fabulous jet-setter lifestyle.   :roll: [/quote]

Ha ha ... so don't see my mom, dad, brothers, nieces, nephews, etc. in Australia!  Thanks, but keep your advice to yourself![/quote]

And won't it be wonderful to see them all at your kid's funeral some day?   I'm not giving advice, must making a commentary on a horrific situation.[/quote]

You're a nut!!

By the way, when I've flown to Australia with a lap baby, we're given extra seat belts to attach to our own seat belts during turbulence so even if I lost grip, there'd be something there.  Sure, it's not perfect, but it's something.

Whatever ... we each have our own decisions to make and risks to balance.  There is no way in hell I won't see my family or have my kids know their extended family because of a fear of something terrible happening to a plane.  What kind of life is that?
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I'm a nut?  I'm not the one playing Russian roulette with my kid's life for my own selfish amusement.

Those "extra seatbelts" aren't there to protect your kid.   They are there to prevent your kid from becoming a projectile and injuring other, PAYING passengers.

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