Originally Posted by
CDTraveler
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?
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.
Thanks for the info.
We’re flying American. I appreciate the note about code sharing, but our outbound and return (direct) flights are operated by American.
As to your other point, I don’t believe litigiousness is equal to safety. I also don’t believe there is any worth to lawsuits based on potential rather than actual outcomes. Also, I believe such lawsuits have the potential to make children less safe by discouraging parents from using seats which have passed all NHTSA standards and were never recalled. Furthermore, I think it would be nice if such time, effort, and resources were deployed to more immediate (and dare I say real) issues, rather than helping generate $40 checks for people able to afford an expensive car seat. Finally, I also think it’s important to note Britax did not pay out “a couple million.” The final amount was less than half that.