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Originally posted by NotFromHere
What I don't understand is how the airlines still allow for lap children? They're not buckled in. Everyone else is. Do you have super arms so that in the event of something happening - like the door blows off like that plane in Maui? How can they still allow this? Notwithstanding Burger's water landing fiasco where no one survives, some people do.
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The planes would be happy to charge everyone for a seat (I think that's the rule internationally, although it's heavily discounted). But the FAA, or whoever controls the regs, has said "no" because it would increase the cost of travel to families with small children, and they would drive instead, which is less safe.
There is some sort of safety harness one can buy to tie the baby onto the adult, not that anyone uses them. Of course, only 50% of passengers fasten their safety belts when told to do so.
