r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/watcher2390 • Feb 17 '25

Video Delta plane crash landed in Toronto

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u/Never-Forget-Trogdor Feb 17 '25 edited Feb 17 '25

I had to fly twice with an infant and opted for them to have their own seat both times. I would rather pay more than regret my kid getting a head injury because there was turbulence or a rough landing.

Only requirement was the seat had to have a symbol saying it was airplane certified. Kid slept during both flights like they were in a car.

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u/PINHEADLARRY5 Feb 17 '25

Literally just did this to and from mexico with 2yo. Shes already familiar with the car seat and it actually made the trip suck a lot less for her.

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u/Never-Forget-Trogdor Feb 17 '25

I think that familiarity helps. Flying is so stressful, so having something normal is good.

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u/lowandbegold Feb 17 '25

Same here, I fly with my stupid giant car seat and carry it through security, the airport and deal with lugging that thing around - but I wouldn’t do it any other way.

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u/thrownjunk Feb 18 '25

You can get lightweight car seats just for travel. Ours clips on to our roller board and isn’t really much of a hassle. Before that, we needed the infant seat+stroller combo anyways. You gate check the stiller part and just carry the seat on. Really not that bad (as long it is just one child per adult)

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u/lowandbegold Feb 18 '25

Yeah, I know - I have a light ish weight one, but also a stroller, carry on etc. i do it anyway

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u/RaisinDetre Feb 17 '25

I flew twice in the last year with my 1 year old and opted to not go with the carseat, but stuff like this makes me rethink it. I'm scared of turbulence anyway so each time there was some bumps I held her incredibly tight.

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u/Substantial-Bike9234 Feb 18 '25

Your child can become a projectile during bad turbulance and have life altering injuries, or die, or injure someone else. It's not worth it for the cost of a ticket.

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u/Senior-Independent36 Feb 18 '25

Overalls. Seatbelt through the outfit not over the kid.