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Sitting on a packed flight next to an empty seat is one of life’s small and random joys. Airlines should give parents flying with infants the first call on this privilege, according to David Bishai, MD, PhD, associate professor with the Department of Population and Family Health Sciences at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Bishai says that having babies strapped into a safety carrier in an unsold seat whenever available would save more lives than requiring parents to purchase a seat every time an infant flies. Requiring parents to pay for seats for their infants is bad public health policy, he explains, because the cost will lead some parents to make the trip in a car, which is far more dangerous per mile traveled. The Federal Aviation Administration is contemplating new regulations to require children under age 2 to ride in approved child-restraint seats on airplanes. Right now, these children may fly in a parent’s lap, free-of-charge...
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