One of the recommendations following Sioux City was that all children, including infants, should be restrained in a car seat. This was rejected by the FAA, under pressure from the airlines' who feared families with small children might elect to not travel or travel by road (which would be less safe). Fundamentally, the FAA put commercial considerations over safety, which is shameful.
At least with infants, the child can be restrained with a lap belt. The parent will almost certainly crush their child to death in another SouixCity type accident, but the lap belt would prevent the child becoming a missile. The dog endangers other passengers, as they have the potential of being a missile or blocking hazard. This unjustifiably endangers others.
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