Originally Posted by
HfromIL
Thanks for the reply.
Yes, I'm aware of the consumer reports testing. But I have much more faith in the NHTSA standards. Consumer Reports have a history of inaccurate, vague, and sensationalist testing when it comes to child seats. Though I think these were better than ones they had done before, there were still significant problems with their approach and what they chose to communicate about the tests. I know the Consumer Reports stuff did throw up a few question marks about car seat testing generally, but it's inaccurate to say the Frontier was discontinued because of safety reasons. That wasn't the case. It was also never recalled. Thanks for the info though.
How do you feel about class action lawsuits in which Britax had to pay out a couple million for selling defective seats, including the Frontier model?
https://www.britaxboosterseatsettlement.com
https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-...or-up-to-2-6m/
Also, While the FAA rules may clear state X, flight attendants on a foreign flagged airline, even when en route to the US, may not care, and you may be forced to follow their rules or disembark. I've encountered that in the past. If you need FAA rules to apply both directions, make sure you on are on US flagged line, not a codeshare with a foreign carrier.