Originally Posted by
trooper
OK...Devils Advocate here... so.... here is the airline being castigated because the FA involved apparently made an infant travel in a way that was "not safe"
Yet whenever "lap children" are discussed here we see a LOT of defence of the practice....because (I assume) the chance of ANYTHING happening is so very slim....even though I doubt ANYONE would actually suggest a child on a lap IS in any way "safe".
Conclusion? Airlines can't do anything suboptimal for child safety.... Parents CAN. Sound about right?
Because lap infant is free, but you have to buy a ticket to use a car seat. If a customer buys a second seat for the car seat, the customer should be able to install the seat the proper way, which is rear-facing, without some clueless gate agent interfering.
The staff either need to learn this basic fact about carseats, or just shut up and pretend to be there for our safety.