Originally Posted by
sushi lover
It is not a comfort issue. It is a safety issue. You would not hold you baby in your arms in your car would you? I don't understand why people don't think twice about doing so in an airplane.
I'll bite, with the caveat that I don't have children:
A) The odds of dying in a plane crash on a major airline are close to 1:10,000,000 but the odds of dying in a car crash are closer to 1:10,000. The statistical improbability of an accident makes a safety seat a non-issue.
B) I would question whether a child seat improves the odds of surviving an airline accident/incident, even with a seat approved for airplane use. Are there any data that show child seats make children in planes safer?
Because just for fun, slightly OT, and a possible non-sequitur...
C)
Superfreakonomics makes an interesting case that there is no evidence (for children over the age of 2) that child seats are safer than seatbelts in an automobile accident.
I think it would be more dangerous to let your children play outside or go swimming than to carry them in your lap on an airplane.
