jetcareers - View Single Post - How bout flying commercial with an infant?

MQAAord · August 1st, 2005, 15:10

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..whether or not she needs an infant car seat (facing backwards)

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For an infant who has not yet reached his/her second birthday, said child is not required to occupy a car seat. From a safety standpoint, USE A CARSEAT!!!! Babies have to ride in a car seat in a car in EVERY state in our country, why on earth are airplanes any different. For a 9 month old, she should ride rear-facing.

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or if she should use the babys forward facing car seat?!

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Not yet, at 9 months she's not ready to ride forward facing yet.

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also, she's wondering how to best get her and baby thru security - in a stroller, in a snugli or what?! she heard my story about how a friend of mine went up to Ohio and had a heck of at time cuz she had her baby in a sling & nobody (esp security) would help her get thru security...

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I recommend a stroller. She'll be asked to remove baby from stroller and carry baby through the metal detector. The stroller will be folded and go through on the belt. Or I have also seen strollers pulled aside and hand-wanded if they're too big (even collapsed) to fit through the belt.

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she's wondering if it's better to take the regular stroller or get an umbrella stroller and carry the car seat on her back (with one of those back attachment thingys)...

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I'm assuming she's using a travel system, where the carseat clicks into the stroller? That would be ideal. Use the regular stroller and carseat.

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if she checks the stroller in at the gate, will it *definately* come back up to the gate after the flight if she has a 1 hr connection between flights?

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If it's tagged as a 'gate-check' item, yes it will meet her plane-side when she arrives at the connection airport, and she can gate-check it again at the connection flight.

We took our older boy to visit his great-grandma in Florida when he was 10 months old. We used his stroller/carseat travel system and it worked out perfectly. Rear facing carseat, and we gate-checked the stroller for all 4 flights. We had to connect in ATL and had no problems.

This is my BIG soapbox issue, but please please please put your babies in carseats on airplanes!

August 1st, 2005, 15:10	#4
MQAAord Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The Looney Bin Posts: 8,813	Re: How bout flying commercial with an infant? [ QUOTE ] ..whether or not she needs an infant car seat (facing backwards) [/ QUOTE ] For an infant who has not yet reached his/her second birthday, said child is not required to occupy a car seat. From a safety standpoint, USE A CARSEAT!!!! Babies have to ride in a car seat in a car in EVERY state in our country, why on earth are airplanes any different. For a 9 month old, she should ride rear-facing. [ QUOTE ] or if she should use the babys forward facing car seat?! [/ QUOTE ] Not yet, at 9 months she's not ready to ride forward facing yet. [ QUOTE ] also, she's wondering how to best get her and baby thru security - in a stroller, in a snugli or what?! she heard my story about how a friend of mine went up to Ohio and had a heck of at time cuz she had her baby in a sling & nobody (esp security) would help her get thru security... [/ QUOTE ] I recommend a stroller. She'll be asked to remove baby from stroller and carry baby through the metal detector. The stroller will be folded and go through on the belt. Or I have also seen strollers pulled aside and hand-wanded if they're too big (even collapsed) to fit through the belt. [ QUOTE ] she's wondering if it's better to take the regular stroller or get an umbrella stroller and carry the car seat on her back (with one of those back attachment thingys)... [/ QUOTE ] I'm assuming she's using a travel system, where the carseat clicks into the stroller? That would be ideal. Use the regular stroller and carseat. [ QUOTE ] if she checks the stroller in at the gate, will it definately come back up to the gate after the flight if she has a 1 hr connection between flights? [/ QUOTE ] If it's tagged as a 'gate-check' item, yes it will meet her plane-side when she arrives at the connection airport, and she can gate-check it again at the connection flight. We took our older boy to visit his great-grandma in Florida when he was 10 months old. We used his stroller/carseat travel system and it worked out perfectly. Rear facing carseat, and we gate-checked the stroller for all 4 flights. We had to connect in ATL and had no problems. This is my BIG soapbox issue, but please please please put your babies in carseats on airplanes!