Allow Carriers on Planes
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- FAA regulations require babies to be removed from baby carriers during takeoff, landing, and ground movement, based on a 1995 rule.
- The FAA's 1994 study tested car seats and belly belts but did not test babywearing carriers or the common practice of holding a baby in one's lap.
- The author argues that modern babywearing carriers are likely safer than lap-holding during turbulence, crashes, and evacuations.
- The FAA's rationale for not banning lap infants—that requiring a second seat could lead to more dangerous road travel—is inconsistently applied to carriers.
- A 2024 bill (HR 8972) to allow baby carriers on planes was introduced but did not pass.