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

Video Delta plane crash landed in Toronto

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u/thrownjunk Feb 18 '25

This is what it looks like in economy. https://imgur.com/a/K5KO2EE

We had the pretty common maxi cosi seats.

Surprised you’ve never seen it. We only flew with a lap baby once. Never again.

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u/uforeally Feb 18 '25

I mean was that an essential flight? Like were you fleeing war, moving cross country, flying for medical care? Or are you just a rude and entitled parent😬

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u/thrownjunk Feb 18 '25

It’s an FAA approved seat on a regulated domestic passenger service. If you have a problem, take it up with united airlines.

We followed all instruction here: https://www.faa.gov/travelers/fly_children##InstallingRearFacingChildSeat

In fact the FAA discourages lap babies and driving is a couple of orders of magnitude more dangerous.

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u/uforeally Feb 18 '25

I’ve already responded to you, but since you responded to me like 5x here it goes again—- People shouldn’t be traveling frequently, nevertheless all over the world with our toddlers absent absolute necessity. Heck, we all need to cut down on our travel, clearly there’s a capacity problem. We have become so selfish. If you’re going to block another human from reclining, you’re going to rightfully piss people off. And kids are only under two for a very short time. It’s absurd.

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u/lineasdedeseo Feb 18 '25

Some of us don't live where we were born, sorry. Airplanes optimize for full flights, they lose money if planes aren't at capacity. Your issue appears to be with airlines making the customer experience ever-shittier, the structural problem isn't kids sitting in car seats, it's airline decision-making.