Once again our friend posts misleading data:
1) ALL car seats that are certified by the FAA are allowed on an airplane. If it does not fit the seat you are in, by law the FA has to find you a seat that it does. Don't ASSUIME that the car seat will be allowed on a plane. It must have "THIS RESTRAINT IS CERTIFIED FOR USE IN MOTOR VEHICLES AND AIRCRAFT". Note the "base" for many of these seats are not FAA approved and need to be checked. The
American FAA does strongly recommended that you use an approved child restraint device when travelling with infants less than 2-years old. The car seats with load legs are European and the legs are in the base. The Cybex Aton Q is the only one that is readily available in the US and is FAA approved WITHOUT THE BASE . A good web site is
https://www.wanderluststorytellers.c...ved-car-seats/
2). Again he states that it is safer to drive. That is a false statement. Unless it is a catastrophic crash (roll over, etc) - The have been negligible babies injured if they are properly restrained in a rear facing car seat in the middle of the back seat. All fire departments and police departments have someone that can check your seat for free. Including burns (which the most common injury for lap babies - which often require skin grafting) - a lap child is not safe. But flying with an FAA approved car seat is without question safer than driving, Posters that say otherwise cannot give you any proof of their false fact. Any FA can vouch for car seats (as do their union)
3) CARES work in all airplanes - but are not for cars.
4) Road safety is as important as plane safety!
5) If your child is injured in a plane as a lap child and you go to the emergency room, you will be reported to child safety for investigation of child abuse! Unless it has happened multiple times, no charge will probably be done - but it will be on your record for the next time