Originally Posted by
ijgordon
There's no reason the child can't be "restrained" as a lap child during takeoff/landing and any turbulence, although I wonder if even just the regular lap belt would be better than mommy's arms. But then having the extra space to lay the child down would probably be appreciated by the parents. It's obviously less ideal from a safety perspective than a car seat, but probably better than a lap child.
OP should be aware that all of DL's business class seats are somewhat separated from one another. The "closest" are probably the middle pair on the 767s but there's still a fairly wide shelf between the seats.
That's very helpful, thank you. Our plan was basically to do just as you suggested, and we may still do so on another trip coming up. I've flown Delta One solo quite a bit, but I've never really looked around the cabin with my parent hat on!
For this particular trip, in the end I managed to snag some nice NH F seats (777) via a VS mileage redemption.
For anyone interested in a comparison with DL's policy on under-twos, NH categorically bans infants under two from having their own seat in F, across all aircraft. But, I very much doubt that policy is to do with safety issues!