I don't know when you last put a car seat in your car but it takes a little bit of effort to get it in place, leveled properly, get the seatbelt threaded properly, hold it in placeand then tug on the straps while pushing down on the seat so it is rigid and totally secure. Not an iordinate amont of time...say 5 minutes. You have to get it right both for safety reasons and for the comfort of the child. We were going on an 11+ hour flight... not a 5 minute trip to the playground.
Again I contacted American on two occasions and specifically asked if I would be allowed to preboard. No problem they told me. At the gate a different story. Would it really be a hardship for the American flight crew to allow me a few minutes to secure the seat? Come on...American has become the most adversarial and user unfriendly airline in the skys. Yeah I know the industry has changed, passengers are idiots and take it or leave it but a little common sense and some human decency would go a long way to making flying a better experience for everyone.
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