The case the FAA uses for not mandating child seats on aircraft is not based on the safety of the child in the aircraft. In fact, they argue that if they require infants to have a seat, more families would travel by road and the death rates on the roads are much higher. This ludicrous argument could be used for not having children have a seat at any age.
Anyway, I think the thread drift is driving mpk nuts, so back to the substantive point. US Airways does appear to be bamboozling their customers for profit, but when I travelled with my infant son on them from Charlotte, NC to Gatwick the charge was 10% of the standard fare, not 10% of the fare currently advertised. Therefore, the infant charge didn't change, regardless of when you booked. If that is still the same rule, mpk was not effectively charged more.
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