Boo to the airline, and boo to the FAA! Frankly, any car seat is safer than a lapbelt. These babies in an accident either become missiles or are crushed to death. The FAA should make a ruling that any parent who wishes to purchase a seat for their child and use ANY car seat, they must be permitted to do so. The FAA know perfectly well that permitting lapbelts is unsafe. They calculate that if parents had to buy a seat, they might drive instead and so the lapbelt is preferabe. This illogical argument could equally be used for kids over 2. The Sioux City accident put paid to any idea that the lapbelt could be considered safe. This FA was being a jerk.... And it sounds like the Captain knew it. He should simply have told the FA that he had personal knowledge the seat was approved and that he was not prepared to jeoardise your child's safety. Notwithsanding CRM, he had the power the over rule this stupid FA.
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