An additional consideration is that a CRS usually is designed to be mounted in a forward-facing seat, so club-seating arrangements may limit flexibility.
In a typical personal airplane, this means the CRS should be mounted in a rear seat. Second, we also strongly suggest not mounting the child seat where it or its occupant can interfere with the aircraft’s operation. First, we strongly suggest not putting the infant and child seat adjacent to, in front of or otherwise in a position where they can block an exit from the cabin. Once the choice of CRS is made, you have to decide where in the cabin to put it, and your child. There’s only one we’re aware of that’s been approved in this fashion, the AMSAFE CARES product (see the sidebar on page 6). There’s also an FAA technical standard order (TSO-C100C, dated April 2012) which defines an aviation child safety device (ACSD). Other CRS may be legal for aircraft use if, for example, they were manufactured under United Nations standards or approved by the FAA via a type certificate or supplemental type certificate. You should go refresh your understanding of FAR 91.107, “Use of safety belts, shoulder harnesses, and child restraint systems.” Pay particular attention to FAR 91.107(a)(3) and its discussion of child restraint systems (CRS), where you’ll find the exact labeling required to be on the car seat for it to be legal on roads and in the air. The sidebar on the opposite page has some recommendations. since 1981 are automagically FAA-approved for aircraft. It turns out that choosing a car seat for the airplane was the easiest part, because federally approved car seats sold in the U.S. Like all parents, we went through several car seats as they grew, in various sizes and configurations, including booster seats. It was a while before he and my daughter were big enough to not need a car seat and could sit up front where the fun stuff is. Let’s explore some of those challenges and possible solutions. The concerns we had then and since when flying with our kids in personal aircraft break down into four main areas: security, noise, physical comfort and, as they got older, entertainment. The car seat we used was approved for aircraft and it fit, so putting him and it in the Skyhawk’s back seat kept his arms and legs away from anything important.įlying young children in a personal airplane can be that simple, but it’s likely to be infinitely more complicated. He was much too young to clear his own ears, and infant-sized active noise-reduction products hadn’t yet been invented. But before that first flight, his mother and I researched what steps we could take to make it successful.Īmong our many concerns were an appropriate seat and its location in the cabin, potential damage to his hearing from cockpit noise and what effect, if any, the change in pressure with altitude would have. I don’t have a formal record, but both he and my slightly younger daughter have since logged enough time as my passengers to easily meet the minimum total time required for a private certificate.
It was his first flight, and I’m proud to have been the pilot to initiate him, even though he doesn’t remember it. Squirreled away in a shoe box somewhere, I have a 3 x 5 print (remember those?) of my then-infant son bundled into the back seat of a Cessna 172.
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