Originally Posted by
kchoya
So you'd rather the screaming infant be stuck in his child seat the entire flight instead of being comforted by his or her parent(s)?
Not at all. I have no problem with them being picked up when the seat belt sign is off. It is the stated policy of the FAA that they'd prefer that you put them in car seats as well, but since their thought is that it will result in more families driving and flying is safer than driving they won't mandate it.