Originally Posted by
jrhmdtraum
When are airlines going to require "car seats" for babies instead of lap kids.
I was on a flight last week where hit an air pocket and a lap baby went flying along with several lap tops, etc. The stew said quite common.
It is not going to happen since more babies will be killed if instituted. The Gov't did a study and found that if the policy was instituted more families would then drive instead of flying due to the additional cost. And, since flying is much safer than driving, more babies would die. The study actually gave an estimated number of additional deaths.
The same can also be said of the TSA. More people are driving than did before due to the some of the screening procedures.