Taking a 1 year old baby - infant or pay for seat as child ?

John R. Levine wrote:
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Sure. They will be happy to sell you a seat at the child fare for
your baby. If you take along an infant seat, make sure it has a
sticker that says it's FAA approved or they'll make you check it.


I find it really odd that the seat has to have an approved sticker on it.
Yet on the UA domestic flights we were on in January of this year, babies
were sat on their mothers laps WITHOUT any lap belts- not even for take off/
landing. I know that I'd rather have a child strapped into a non approved
seat than one literally flying around the cabin if there was an emergency.

Jan

Sure. They will be happy to sell you a seat at the child fare for
your baby. If you take along an infant seat, make sure it has a
sticker that says it's FAA approved or they'll make you check it.

I find it really odd that the seat has to have an approved sticker on it.
Yet on the UA domestic flights we were on in January of this year, babies
were sat on their mothers laps WITHOUT any lap belts- not even for take off/
landing. I know that I'd rather have a child strapped into a non approved
seat than one literally flying around the cabin if there was an emergency.

Hey, I didn't say it made any sense, but I've seen FA's look at
booster seats, note that they had the car sticker but not the FAA
sticker, and then check them.

The theory may be that lacking an FAA sticker the seats themselves are
likely to turn into flying objects, but your guess is really as good
as mine. One practical issue is that cars have under three-point
belts, plane two-point.

"paul williams" wrote in message
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Am I right in saying that a passenger registered/paid for as an infant
does not get a plane seat and is expected to sit on the parents lap?

Seems a bit awkward to me - a boisterous 1 year old jumping up and
down for 8 hours !!! Or do the airlines provide extra facilities for
these cases ?

Alternatively, is it acceptable to pay for your infant as a child seat
(I know it costs more!) to get the extra room ?

What would you do?

Stay home, rather than subject other passengers to the boisterous, jumping
up and down infant.

Amen to the above. And I'd wish you an absolutely MISERABLE trip - it's
certainly what you can expect, and just what you deserve for being so
self-absorbed and selfish.

"paul williams" wrote in message
om...
Am I right in saying that a passenger registered/paid for as an infant
does not get a plane seat and is expected to sit on the parents lap?

Seems a bit awkward to me - a boisterous 1 year old jumping up and
down for 8 hours !!! Or do the airlines provide extra facilities for
these cases ?

Alternatively, is it acceptable to pay for your infant as a child seat
(I know it costs more!) to get the extra room ?

What would you do?

Stay home, rather than subject other passengers to the boisterous, jumping
up and down infant.

Amen to the above. And I'd wish you an absolutely MISERABLE trip - it's
certainly what you can expect, and just what you deserve for being so
self-absorbed and selfish.

"paul williams" wrote in message
om...
Am I right in saying that a passenger registered/paid for as an infant
does not get a plane seat and is expected to sit on the parents lap?

Seems a bit awkward to me - a boisterous 1 year old jumping up and
down for 8 hours !!! Or do the airlines provide extra facilities for
these cases ?

Alternatively, is it acceptable to pay for your infant as a child seat
(I know it costs more!) to get the extra room ?

What would you do?

Stay home, rather than subject other passengers to the boisterous, jumping
up and down infant.

Amen to the above. And I'd wish you an absolutely MISERABLE trip - it's
certainly what you can expect, and just what you deserve for being so
self-absorbed and selfish.

"MLR" wrote in message link.net...
"paul williams" wrote in message
om...
Am I right in saying that a passenger registered/paid for as an infant
does not get a plane seat and is expected to sit on the parents lap?

Seems a bit awkward to me - a boisterous 1 year old jumping up and
down for 8 hours !!! Or do the airlines provide extra facilities for
these cases ?

Alternatively, is it acceptable to pay for your infant as a child seat
(I know it costs more!) to get the extra room ?

What would you do?

Stay home, rather than subject other passengers to the boisterous, jumping
up and down infant.

Amen to the above. And I'd wish you an absolutely MISERABLE trip - it's
certainly what you can expect, and just what you deserve for being so
self-absorbed and selfish.

FOAD

"MLR" wrote in message link.net...
"paul williams" wrote in message
om...
Am I right in saying that a passenger registered/paid for as an infant
does not get a plane seat and is expected to sit on the parents lap?

Seems a bit awkward to me - a boisterous 1 year old jumping up and
down for 8 hours !!! Or do the airlines provide extra facilities for
these cases ?

Alternatively, is it acceptable to pay for your infant as a child seat
(I know it costs more!) to get the extra room ?

What would you do?

Stay home, rather than subject other passengers to the boisterous, jumping
up and down infant.

Amen to the above. And I'd wish you an absolutely MISERABLE trip - it's
certainly what you can expect, and just what you deserve for being so
self-absorbed and selfish.

So, you're saying my baby should not be allowed to travel ?

Agree, uncontrolled children are a complete nightmare but theres no
way my son will be uncontrolled. He might be a bit active but I'll do
my utmost to ensure he doesnt cause any hassle or inconvenience for
other passengers.

Any problems with that !!!

In article ,
(paul williams) wrote:

Am I right in saying that a passenger registered/paid for as an infant
does not get a plane seat and is expected to sit on the parents lap?

Depends on the airline. Call the airlines that fly the route you
need and ask.

Seems a bit awkward to me - a boisterous 1 year old jumping up and
down for 8 hours !!! Or do the airlines provide extra facilities for
these cases ?

Again, it depends on the airline, but most domestic American flights
allow a parent to travel with an infant on the parent's lap for free.

On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 06:46:23 -0700 Alan Street
wrote:

:Is this trip so urgent that it can't wait until the child is older?

How many years do you demand good parents, who wish to be with their children,
be banned from the air?

Or, perhaps, do you travel alone while leaving your B&P wife taking care of
the kids?

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"paul williams" wrote in message
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"MLR" wrote in message
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"paul williams" wrote in message
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Am I right in saying that a passenger registered/paid for as an
infant
does not get a plane seat and is expected to sit on the parents lap?

Seems a bit awkward to me - a boisterous 1 year old jumping up and
down for 8 hours !!! Or do the airlines provide extra facilities for
these cases ?

Alternatively, is it acceptable to pay for your infant as a child
seat
(I know it costs more!) to get the extra room ?

What would you do?

Stay home, rather than subject other passengers to the boisterous,
jumping
up and down infant.

Amen to the above. And I'd wish you an absolutely MISERABLE trip - it's
certainly what you can expect, and just what you deserve for being so
self-absorbed and selfish.

So, you're saying my baby should not be allowed to travel ?

I would hope that the parents of a "boisterous and jumping 1-year-old" would
have enough consideration for other passengers to not bring the child on
board.



Agree, uncontrolled children are a complete nightmare but theres no
way my son will be uncontrolled. He might be a bit active but I'll do
my utmost to ensure he doesnt cause any hassle or inconvenience for
other passengers.

Any problems with that !!!

Yes. What if your best isn't good enough? What if your child gets it into
his head that shrieking for a while might be jolly good fun, or crying, or
whatever. I've been on too many 8-hour flights where this happened.

And, frankly, all I ever hear from parents is, "oh, my child doiesn't do
that -- it's those OTHER parents." And then when their child melts down
it's always, "oh, he's just having a bad day -- this is most unusual."

Right.