Originally Posted by
joshkuo
On a recent flight, however, when we put our youngest son in the car seat, about 40 minutes into the flight, two flight attendants came up and asked my wife to turn the car seat around, because they "don't allow rear-facing car seats", and if she did not comply, they would ask her to stow it, and hold the baby on her lap for the rest of the 5 hour flight.
FAA Advisory Circular for Child Restraint Systems on Aircraft
See paragraph 18. The CRS should be placed in a forward-facing seat, but facing the direction that the manufacturer recommends for the weight of the child for that particular seat.
I'd complain to the airline about their flight attendants being untrained.