Originally Posted by
Marilu
... Anyone with children these days knows that is absolutely wrong and dangerous, and that infant car seats should always face rearward, even on an aircraft, per manufacturer's instructions. ... I refused and the FA took away the car seat and gave me one of those infant belts that loop onto the adult's belt to use instead.
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Isn't a child in a car seat (even facing forward) safer than a child in an infant belt (also facing forward)? You refused, but in the end you still didn't get your way (rear facing), so I would have settled for the lesser of two evils (forward facing car seat.
Note I havent actually done research on any of this, I'm just assuming car seat is usually safer than belt loop.