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- NATION, Page 21American NotesAIRLINESBuckling Up Baby
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- No more babes in arms. Last week U.S. airlines asked the
- Federal Aviation Administration to require that children under
- two be strapped into safety seats whenever they fly. In the
- past year two unsecured young children were killed in air
- crashes. Under present FAA rules, infant safety seats are not
- mandatory; some parents have reported that they were not
- allowed to bring them into the cabin.
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- While the new regulation would make travel safer for the
- 5,000 to 10,000 infants who board airplanes daily, it could
- make it more expensive. In many cases, parents will have to
- purchase an extra ticket for their baby, who currently flies
- free if seated on an adult's lap. But Air Transport Association
- President Robert Aaronson speculated that tickets for these
- tots might be free on underbooked planes or heavily discounted.
- "If you buckle up your child at 50 m.p.h.," he asked, "why not
- at 550 m.p.h.?"
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