Originally Posted by
lost*in*cyberspace
Wow, that looks terrible for the person sitting in the seat in front of the car seat. They not only cannot recline at all, any movement by your child is going to jostle their seat. I would never use a rear facing seat on a plane unless a family member could sit in the seat in front.
In order to be FAA compliant, any child under 22 lbs cannot be faced forward in a Scenera. Additionally, a child *can* sit rear-facing up to 35 lbs in a scenera. It reclines more rear-facing, making it more comfortable for sleeping.
So, optimal scenario, imo, is to put one parent in front of the child and one next to the child, so that no (major) compromises have to be made.
I should add that sometimes the Scenera does touch the seat in front of it, and other times it clears the seat. Sometimes the seat in front has even been able to recline slightly, in our experience. And AA's new seat backs don't lean back at all; the seat bottom instead slides forward. So there will be some flights where it's not an issue.