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<text id=90TT0568>
<title>
Mar. 05, 1990: American Notes:Airlines
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Mar. 05, 1990 Gossip
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
NATION, Page 21
American Notes
AIRLINES
Buckling Up Baby
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<body>
<p> No more babes in arms. Last week U.S. airlines asked the
Federal Aviation Administration to require that children under
two be strapped into safety seats whenever they fly. In the
past year two unsecured young children were killed in air
crashes. Under present FAA rules, infant safety seats are not
mandatory; some parents have reported that they were not
allowed to bring them into the cabin.
</p>
<p> While the new regulation would make travel safer for the
5,000 to 10,000 infants who board airplanes daily, it could
make it more expensive. In many cases, parents will have to
purchase an extra ticket for their baby, who currently flies
free if seated on an adult's lap. But Air Transport Association
President Robert Aaronson speculated that tickets for these
tots might be free on underbooked planes or heavily discounted.
"If you buckle up your child at 50 m.p.h.," he asked, "why not
at 550 m.p.h.?"
</p>
</body>
</article>
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