Child Airplane Seat Restraint

New Designed Airplane Child Restraint - CARES

By travels, published Sep 19, 2006
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Parents that place their child in a car are aware of the use of car restraint seats designed for safety. Adults or parents traveling with small children on a plane should be familiar with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rules regarding child restraints or child restraint seats. When a child properly restrained in airplane seat will help make it possible to survive a crash, but more commonly helps to protect the child from injuries caused by turbulence. The FAA recommends the use of child safety restraint seats for any child weighting less than forty pounds. Many airlines will offer child restraint seats, must be placed in a window seat, and not in an emergency exit row. Parents certainly have the option to bring their own airplane restraint child seat, that has an FAA approval certificate to save money, charge by the airline. Recommended to contact your airline to book adjacent seat ahead of time. According to Federal Aviation Regulations, airplane child restraint seat must have an FAA approval label. Those airplane child restraint seats manufactured between 1981 and February 1985, should have printed label reading: "This child restraint system conforms to all applicable Federal motor vehicle safely standards." Airplane child restraint seat made after February 1985, should have a label with red lettering that reads: "This Restraint is Certified for Use in Motor Vehicles and Aircraft." Without this certification labeling, would be not recognized for use in an aircraft. A child restraint seat generally, has a base less than sixteen inches wide, makes it fit in most airplane coach sections. Make certain that your child's height or weight does not exceed the recommended limit for the airplane seat or traveling in an automobile.

Takeaways
  • FAA rules permit a child under two years of age to sit on the lap of an adult.
  • Booster seats are prohibited onboard an aircraft.
  • CARES is designed for children more than one year old, who weigh between 22 and 44 pounds, and sit i
Did You Know?
American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended mandatory federal requirements for restrain use for children on aircraft.
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Your article must updated to describe CARES, the new child aviation safaety device certified by the FAA on September 6, 2006. CARES is an alternative to bulky, heavy car seats, weighs a pound and fits into a 6 inch stuff sack.Also, there are several incorrect statements in the aarticle. Seatrs are no longer designed to collapse from the weight of a body striking them from the rear. All airlines must conform seats to the new requirements of stiffer, i.e., 16G seats, no later 2010. All new aircraft have 16G seats and others are being retrofitted.

Posted on 09/29/2006 at 9:09:00 AM

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