If a lap child is carried to a lavatory by an accompanying adult to be changed, and the craft then decompresses, how many masks drop out?
Also, is there a rule that there can only be one lap child in a row because there is only one extra mask?
If yes, on which seat would a lap child be carried in a full narrowbody?
Not in a exit row, that is not allowed. Bulkheads might be preferred, but the bulkhead row might be taken by another lap child.
In an ordinary coach row… If the lap child is to be changed, this means climbing over 2 sleeping strangers with the seatbacks ahead firmly reclined into their knees. As normal in Coach, but the difference being the need to carry a lap child while climbing.
If the child is in an aisle seat, there are 2 passengers who need to climb over/through a sleeping child with a seatback firmly reclined against the child.
If the child is in a middle seat, both of the problems apply.
So, where are lap children normally seated?
By: OneLeft - 7th February 2006 at 15:34
No preference from the airlines point of view. As I said seats are allocated in the normal way, so it’s the adults preference from what’s still available.
1L.
By: chornedsnorkack - 7th February 2006 at 15:14
As for your comments about getting in and out of seat rows, aircraft cabin space is very valuable so there’s not much that can be done about that. But with a helping hand it doesn’t usually prove too difficult.
1L.
Sure. It is bad whether it is getting past a lap child, or getting past someone while carrying a lap child. But do the airlines prefer to put the lap child in the window seat, or in the aisle seat, or in the middle seat?
By: OneLeft - 7th February 2006 at 14:46
As you say infants on laps do have to sit in certain places, but the particular place depends on aircraft type.
There are extra masks in certain seat rows dependant on the aircraft type. On some it’s a particular side of the cabin, on others it’s alternative rows and on some there are extra masks everywhere. There is also an extra mask in each toilet to allow for people with babies/children or people helping anyone taken ill (or mile-highers!).
As you say infants cannot sit in exit rows, bulkheads are allocated as far as the aircraft type and passenger load allows, after that normal seat rows are allocated in the normal way. My own company tries to block seats next to infants if there are vacant seats in the cabin.
The computers used at check-in actually monitor the seats allocated to those with infants (among other things) and the final check that they are sitting in the right place is the cabin crew onboard.
As for your comments about getting in and out of seat rows, aircraft cabin space is very valuable so there’s not much that can be done about that. But with a helping hand it doesn’t usually prove too difficult.
1L.
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February 7, 2006 at 12:59 pm