New Rule Prohibiting Infants in Bulkhead Row/Seat Belt Air Bag Discussion Thread
Jul 22, 2010, 11:16 pm
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infant in arms not allowed in Row 1?
not allowed to select Row 1 SEA-DFW because infants "are not allowed in the first row?" I've not run in to this before - why this restriction? It is not an exit row.
Jul 22, 2010, 11:19 pm
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Its the new seat belt air bags... dont laugh, its for real. I have an infant as well and avoid row 1 or row 6 now with seat selection because they might boot you to 26E at the gate if that plane has the new airbags... ugghh
Jul 23, 2010, 12:28 am
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A thread discussing this new rule was posted a few months ago. I'm going to go ahead and merge this into that thread to keep related discussion together. 
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Jul 25, 2010, 11:45 am
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I booked tickets for chirstmas and needed to add an infant to the itinerary. I had row 1 for our outbound and 6 for the return and was told of the air bags. Even though the ac I'm on now are not the new jets they moved us. I asked why and was told "They made the policy fleet wide because if there is ever an equipment change you could be on one of the new ac and then would have to be moved to who knows where."
IMHO...It's a smart policy.
IMHO...It's a smart policy.
Aug 12, 2010, 11:22 am
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At this point, what aircraft have the airbags? 737-400, 737-800, 737-900? Also does this only affect lap children? Or can 3-year olds sit in these rows? Are there airbag seatbelts on Row 6?
Aug 12, 2010, 1:16 pm
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Sep 21, 2010, 9:52 pm
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Not all the time...my flight from DCA to LAX 14 Sep had the airbag belts and NO compatible extensions. I was moved from the bulkhead (which I like) to row 3. The FA's did look for the compatible extenders but none were on board.
Sep 22, 2010, 4:38 pm
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The couple in 1AC on my LAS-SEA flight a couple of weeks ago had a lap child. This was on an 800. Maybe there are exceptions? Or maybe I don't understand the rule.
Sep 23, 2010, 2:27 pm
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Do you mean it's never allowed, or are you just talking about lap children? What happens if one adult is traveling with twin infants?
Sep 23, 2010, 2:32 pm
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Sep 26, 2010, 3:09 pm
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Where to Sit with a Child Restraint
When you're using a child restraint, do not select seats in the following areas:
* Emergency exit rows
* Any seat one row forward or one row back from an emergency exit row
* Aisle seats
* Bulkhead seats when the car seat is a combination car seat and stroller
Last edited by lebowski76; Sep 26, 2010 at 3:16 pm Reason: found rule
Jul 20, 2011, 5:51 pm
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Does anyone know whether use of the CARES restraint system (http://www.kidsflysafe.com/) precludes sitting in the bulkhead? This is basically an additional strap that fits over the seat and allows a smaller person to be belted in securely.
Here's the situation, I'm taking my 3 year old son on a SEA-LIH trip later this year and I've booked us in row 6. I'd prefer to sit in row six as I'm tall, it's easier to get him out of the seat, and no one can recline in front of us.
But, I've gotten four different answers from the Gold desk when I've checked on concerns related to bulkhead seating, they are:
Appreciative for feedback on which might be correct.
Here's the situation, I'm taking my 3 year old son on a SEA-LIH trip later this year and I've booked us in row 6. I'd prefer to sit in row six as I'm tall, it's easier to get him out of the seat, and no one can recline in front of us.
But, I've gotten four different answers from the Gold desk when I've checked on concerns related to bulkhead seating, they are:
- No, you can't sit their due to the seat belt air bags,
- Yes you can sit there as you are not using a car/stroller seat (I'm using the CARES system mentioned above)
- The FA's might try to move you just because of proximity to the first class cabin (e.g. noisy kids not good - which I can completely understand).
- Yes you can sit there, you are Gold and your child is not an infant.
Appreciative for feedback on which might be correct.
Jul 21, 2011, 1:23 am
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Not sure how strict AS is about the bulkhead cause we're mainly UA flyers but we've sat with our young kids (even as infants) in the bulkhead row on their Airbus flights as often as possible because of the infinite amount of room in that row...for your long flight to LIH, I can see why you chose it...I think you'll be ok since you don't have a car seat. As for the FAs moving you because your too close to First Class, that's not gonna happen...we've sat in First on UA and AS with our toddler and infant so if there are kids in First, what would be the point of keeping coach kids away from First? I think you'll end up in the bulkhead and not get moved...have fun in Hawaii!
Does anyone know whether use of the CARES restraint system (http://www.kidsflysafe.com/) precludes sitting in the bulkhead? This is basically an additional strap that fits over the seat and allows a smaller person to be belted in securely.
Here's the situation, I'm taking my 3 year old son on a SEA-LIH trip later this year and I've booked us in row 6. I'd prefer to sit in row six as I'm tall, it's easier to get him out of the seat, and no one can recline in front of us.
But, I've gotten four different answers from the Gold desk when I've checked on concerns related to bulkhead seating, they are:
Appreciative for feedback on which might be correct.
Here's the situation, I'm taking my 3 year old son on a SEA-LIH trip later this year and I've booked us in row 6. I'd prefer to sit in row six as I'm tall, it's easier to get him out of the seat, and no one can recline in front of us.
But, I've gotten four different answers from the Gold desk when I've checked on concerns related to bulkhead seating, they are:
- No, you can't sit their due to the seat belt air bags,
- Yes you can sit there as you are not using a car/stroller seat (I'm using the CARES system mentioned above)
- The FA's might try to move you just because of proximity to the first class cabin (e.g. noisy kids not good - which I can completely understand).
- Yes you can sit there, you are Gold and your child is not an infant.
Appreciative for feedback on which might be correct.