GoldenRod
10 years on LIF!
Member since 11/06 26792 total posts
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Shawn
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Re: It is Required to bring a car seat on the plane?
http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?contentKey=1966
WASHINGTON, DC — The Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced that it will not mandate the use of child safety seats on airplanes because of the increased safety risk to families.
The agency said its analyses showed that, if forced to purchase an extra airline ticket, families might choose to drive, a statistically more dangerous way to travel.
The risk for fatalities and injuries to families is significantly greater on the roads than in airplanes, according to the FAA. Last year, nearly 43,000 people died on America's highways as compared to 13 on commercial flights.
"Statistics show that families are safer traveling in the sky than on the road," said FAA Administrator Marion C. Blakey. "We encourage the use of child safety seats in airplanes. However, if requiring extra airline tickets forces some families to drive" then we’re inadvertently putting too many families at risk."
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) supported the FAA's decision based on current FAA and NHTSA studies that show a mandate could result in another 13 to 42 added family member fatalities over 10 years in highway accidents.
As the nation's leading advocate for the use of child restraint systems, NHTSA Administrator Jeffrey W. Runge, M.D., today said that NHTSA supports the FAA's decision. He said, "This is good public policy that is in the best interest of safety for the traveling public."
ETA: For my own piece of mind, and for DCs' safety, I always have, and always will bring whatever safety seat they use in the car. The last few trips, it was our full-sized Britax Boulevards. Next time, DS will just need a booster in the car, so we'll use the lap belt for him, but the car seat for DD.
I'm not a fan of letting the government decide what is "safe enough" for my DC....
Message edited 11/10/2008 11:15:21 AM.
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Tine73
Member since 3/06 22093 total posts
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Re: It is Required to bring a car seat on the plane?
DD has been on 2 flights and we didn't bring it on the plane. She is 22.4 lbs now and for our next trip if we buy her a ticket, I am going to buy THIS
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