Runway Girl Network is proud to be a media sponsor of this event.įocusing on child passenger safety, the IATA conference will cover the various regulations now in effect around the world as well as the challenges faced by operators and passengers and the challenges of developing a single, harmonized standard. IATA will address this and many other cabin safety issues at its first Cabin Operations Safety Conference in May in Madrid. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says it is looking at having discussions in order to promote the harmonization of regulations related to child restraint devices on board in order to promote their use and to do this in a rational, coordinated and cost effective way. And it is why flight attendants are usually the ones seriously injured in such incidents.
That is why passengers are advised to keep their seat belts on at all times when seated. While tips on what passengers can do to remain safe while flying was covered in a previous article, the child safety debate was renewed with the reports of the two clear-air-turbulence incidents.Ĭlear skies, no warning, major upset. After all, the Future of Aviation Advisory Committee (FAAC) cited the fact that use of child restraint systems could have prevented three infant deaths in the past 32 years.īut it also highlights the role of passengers in ensuring their own safety and that of their children. The answer is decidedly not.”īut that begs the question as to why parents are not required to buy a seat and use a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-approved child safety seat. “Is the cost of a seat worth my baby’s life.
“I bet that parent is rethinking the decision on whether or not to buy a seat and use a child safety seat, after that,” one mom commented upon hearing the news. While the child was not injured, the headline, alone, was a heart-stopping moment. Perhaps the most harrowing news about the two serious turbulence-related incidents this week which resulted in serious or critical injuries for those on board was this headline: Baby Sent Flying, 5 Hurt When Plane Hits Turbulence.
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