Former NTSB Member John Goglia, who we quoted in our previous article, reiterated his recommendation in a piece he wrote for USA Today, saying that parents’ arms are not strong enough to hold a child during turbulence. The National Transportation Safety Board has recommended a rule requiring children under two be in a child restraint system in a separate seat.
The cost of an additional seat might make parents drive, a far less safe form of transportation. Why? Because flying is the safest form of transportation, safer by 83% in the last decade.
#Use of child restraint systems on aircraft update#
In an update to its cost/benefit analysis in 2012, the FAA concluded that requiring the use of a child restraint system (CRS) would increase total transportation deaths by 72 over 10 years and by 115 deaths over 15 years. It is the only FAA-approved alternative to a car seat, the company says. The manufacturer, however, says the FAA action does not prohibit its use during cruise and it is working on gaining approval.ĬARES Child Airplane Travel Harness, on the other hand, is FAA approved for children between 22 and 44 pounds or one year or older. The FAA has actually banned non-FAA approved devices during taxi, takeoff and landing. There are child restraint systems on the market but the question then becomes whether or not they are FAA approved.īaby B’Air, pictured above, is frank about the fact that it is not FAA approved since such approval is largely restricted to approved car seats. Air travel has become increasingly safe and we haven’t had one single child death from turbulence in 17 years.” “But we are required to do a cost/benefit analysis for each rule and it would never pass the cost/benefit test. “We have always said that the safest place for a child is in a child restraint not on a parent’s lap,” says FAA Spokesperson Allison Duquette, who has long covered this issue. The conference will also address turbulence management, but that is easier said than done with clear air turbulence. Runway Girl Network is proud to be a media sponsor of this event.įocusing on child passenger safety, the IATA conference will cover the various regulations now in effect around the world as well as the challenges faced by operators and passengers and the challenges of developing a single, harmonized standard. IATA will address this and many other cabin safety issues at its first Cabin Operations Safety Conference in May in Madrid. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says it is looking at having discussions in order to promote the harmonization of regulations related to child restraint devices on board in order to promote their use and to do this in a rational, coordinated and cost effective way. And it is why flight attendants are usually the ones seriously injured in such incidents. That is why passengers are advised to keep their seat belts on at all times when seated. While tips on what passengers can do to remain safe while flying was covered in a previous article, the child safety debate was renewed with the reports of the two clear-air-turbulence incidents.Ĭlear skies, no warning, major upset. After all, the Future of Aviation Advisory Committee (FAAC) cited the fact that use of child restraint systems could have prevented three infant deaths in the past 32 years.īut it also highlights the role of passengers in ensuring their own safety and that of their children. The answer is decidedly not.”īut that begs the question as to why parents are not required to buy a seat and use a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-approved child safety seat.
“Is the cost of a seat worth my baby’s life. “I bet that parent is rethinking the decision on whether or not to buy a seat and use a child safety seat, after that,” one mom commented upon hearing the news. While the child was not injured, the headline, alone, was a heart-stopping moment. Perhaps the most harrowing news about the two serious turbulence-related incidents this week which resulted in serious or critical injuries for those on board was this headline: Baby Sent Flying, 5 Hurt When Plane Hits Turbulence.
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