Originally Posted by
ashill
The logic in the regulations is that you’re safer flying than driving, even as a lap infant. I suspect statistically that’s true: if a lap infant can survive this crash, it’s a pretty remarkable statement of how safe aviation is. I wouldn’t be surprised if there were a number of upside down automobiles just in the Toronto area today that resulted in fatalities but weren’t news.
That logic seem very sound to me, and I am aware of at least one study to back the notion up. Before anyone imagines that requiring separate seats for infants would save infant lives, they should consider a couple of things. First, almost no infants have died in many decades because they didn't have their own seat. Second, if we impose this requirement, it is inevitable that at the margins, infants will travel more on roads and highways than in the air.