Change in infant seating policy due to airbags?
Jul 2, 2012, 12:19 pm
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Change in infant seating policy due to airbags?
I am curious if there is about to be a system-wide change to the infant seating policy due to the Sky Interior that has airbags at the bulkhead.
We had a lovely mysterious seat change at the airport when traveling with our infant in her own seat on a 739. After an hour on the phone a Customer Service Director said “per United infant seating rules, no infants are allowed in the bulkhead.” While I called BS on this I had no choice but to beg people to move around. BTW we were not on plane with the airbags.
So my question now is will UA move to a policy across the board for no infants in narrow-body bulkheads due to the airbags being installed with the sky interior?
We had a lovely mysterious seat change at the airport when traveling with our infant in her own seat on a 739. After an hour on the phone a Customer Service Director said “per United infant seating rules, no infants are allowed in the bulkhead.” While I called BS on this I had no choice but to beg people to move around. BTW we were not on plane with the airbags.
So my question now is will UA move to a policy across the board for no infants in narrow-body bulkheads due to the airbags being installed with the sky interior?
Jul 2, 2012, 12:48 pm
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: NYC
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Interesting question (that I can't answer). For those who want to learn more about these airbags:
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/fligh...air-bags_N.htm
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/fligh...air-bags_N.htm