Parents' attitudes towards infant safety during air travel
- M Bahari1,
- N Prunty1,
- E J Molloy1,2,3,4
- 1Department of Neonatology, National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
- 2Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
- 3UCD School of Medicine & Medical Sciences, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- 4Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
- Correspondence to Eleanor Molloy, Department of Neonatology, National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, Dublin 2, Ireland; elesean{at}hotmail.com
- Accepted 14 January 2011
- Published Online First 10 March 2011
In 2009, more than two billion passengers travelled by air.1 Child safety during air travel has always been a concern especially for children less than 2 years of age.2 3 Many aviation authorities such as the Federal Aviation Administration and the European Aviation Safety Agency encourage the use of children restraint devices (CRDs), but their use not mandatory.4 Since a CRD occupies a full seat, it increases travel costs for families, so they may opt to travel by road where the use of a child-restraint seat could prevent about 0.4 child air crash deaths per year …
