RESOURCES

The FAA has many resources available to the public. If you're flying with a domestic airline, please review the FAA policies on child passengers prior to flying. 

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If you're interested in learning more about child restraints on aircrafts, you may read through their Advisory Circular by clicking here.

The article written by Heather Watson, from TheCarSeatPros, debunks the myth that using a car seat on an airplane is pointless because if a plane crashes, everyone dies anyway. It explains that while FAA rules don’t require airlines to mandate car seats for children under two, holding a child in your arms offers significantly less protection in common flight hazards—especially during turbulence or hard landings

Xiaopeng Shi, Yifan Zhou, Chen Xiong, Yafeng Wang, Yonglong He, Zhenyu Feng & Jiang Xie. (2024) Restrain Performance of Child Restraint Systems for 1.5-Year-Old Children on Commercial Airplanes: An Experimental Study. Aerospace 11:8, pages 609.

Gowdy, Van, and Richard DeWeese. The Performance of Child Restraint Devices in Transport Airplane Passenger Seats. DOT/FAA/AM‑94/19, Civil Aeromedical Institute, Office of Aviation Medicine, U.S. Department of Transportation, September 1994. PDF file, https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/21417 

"This Study on Child Restraint Systems was carried out by TÜV Rheinland Kraftfahrt GmbH, Team Aviation, by order of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The issue to be addressed by this study is the protection from injuries caused by turbulence, aborted take-off, hard landings and/or in emergency landing conditions, of children, particularly those 2 or less years old (infants), on board aircraft used for commercial transport of passengers." 

Cees Bil, Adam Shrimpton, Graham Clark,

Safety of Lap-held Infants in Aircraft,

Procedia Engineering,

Volume 99,

2015,

Pages 1311-1316,

ISSN 1877-7058,

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2014.12.664.

(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877705814037813)

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Australian Transport Safety Bureau. Child Restraint in Australian Commercial Aircraft. Report no. B2004/0241, Feb. 2006, https://www.atsb.gov.au/sites/default/files/media/32773/crs_final.pdf.

Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore. AC 121‑6‑3 (Rev 1): Acceptable Child Restraint Devices. Effective 20 September 2019. PDF file, Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, https://www.caas.gov.sg/docs/default‑source/pdf/ac121‑6‑3‑(rev‑1)‑acceptable‑child‑restraint‑devices.pdf.easa.europa.eu+10caas.gov.sg+10caas.gov.sg+10

Car Seats for the Littles is a national organization operated by Child Passenger Safety Technicians in the United States, Canada, and EU Advocates. If you're wondering if you should travel with your car seat, or how to travel with your car seat... look no further. This resource has all the information you need. 

Shi X, Zhou Y, Xiong C, Wang Y, He Y, Feng Z, Xie J. Restrain Performance of Child Restraint Systems for 1.5-Year-Old Children on Commercial Airplanes: An Experimental Study. Aerospace. 2024; 11(8):609. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace11080609

International Civil Aviation Organization. Manual on the Approval and Use of Child Restraint Systems (Doc 10049). First ed., 2015. ICAO, Order No. 10049, ISBN 978‑92‑9249‑834‑4. PDF file, https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/afacwa/pages/2302/attachments/original/1532020664/10049_Manual_on_use_of_CRS_english_final.pdfd3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net

Foudad, Mohamed, et al. Past and Future Trends in Clear‑Air Turbulence Over the Northern Hemisphere. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, vol. 129, 2024, article e2023JD040261. doi:10.1029/2023JD040261.washingtonpost.com