There is a deeper issue, in a crash, a poorly secured rigid baby carrier seat becomes a potentially lethal projectile. Worst comes to worst, today, the projectile is an infant. An infant is substantially softer and less massive than a rigid seat containing an infant.
For soft babywearing carriers, the outlook is also grim. The kinematics of the baby, adult, carrier and airplane seat lead to crush injuries that are worse than the poorly restrained arm hold version.
Could there be a solution here that straps around a seat to give babies a safe seat?
Yes, but it wouldn't necessarily be easy to use or consumer friendly. The ideal solution would have the baby with their back facing front, and the attached carrier facing inwards towards the seat. It would have to be carefully specced and tested so no unverified, third-party seats... Logically extrapolated, in this scenario, the airline becomes responsible for the baby's wellbeing. And I don't think that's a good place for the airlines to be?
> Yes, but it wouldn't necessarily be easy to use or consumer friendly. The ideal solution would have the baby with their back facing front, and the attached carrier facing inwards towards the seat.
There is an existing international standard (ISO 13216) for child safety seats in cars:
There was a paper claiming that: <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3665046" rel="nofollow">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3665046
But I don't buy it: <a href="https://www.jefftk.com/p/three-car-seats" rel="nofollow">https://www.jefftk.com/p/three-car-seats
areoform · · focus · HN ↗
For soft babywearing carriers, the outlook is also grim. The kinematics of the baby, adult, carrier and airplane seat lead to crush injuries that are worse than the poorly restrained arm hold version.
Could there be a solution here that straps around a seat to give babies a safe seat?
Yes, but it wouldn't necessarily be easy to use or consumer friendly. The ideal solution would have the baby with their back facing front, and the attached carrier facing inwards towards the seat. It would have to be carefully specced and tested so no unverified, third-party seats... Logically extrapolated, in this scenario, the airline becomes responsible for the baby's wellbeing. And I don't think that's a good place for the airlines to be?
throw0101c · · focus · HN ↗
There is an existing international standard (ISO 13216) for child safety seats in cars:
* <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isofix" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isofix
It could be added to airplanes seats.
bethekidyouwant · · focus · HN ↗
jefftk · · focus · HN ↗
But I don't buy it: <a href="https://www.jefftk.com/p/three-car-seats" rel="nofollow">https://www.jefftk.com/p/three-car-seats