Question for flight attendants

[Joanna]

I have a question for flight attendants...is it a requirement that all lap children sit in a seat with 2 oxygen masks?

I want to hear it from the horses mouth, sort of speak, since I am having a 'debate' with someone about it.

Thanks,
Joanna

[Imachickadee75]

Jeez, I would hope so! I know on the RJ's I always have to sit on the right b/c there isn't an extra mask on the left for my lap child. Hmmm I'll be interested to hear from the FAs!

Jackie

[UKcats06]

I can tell you in reservations it will not let us assign a seat with an infant in arms to the side without the extra o2 mask. I don't know if you can move on flight, but we can't assign those seats, the system won't let us.

[Brenda]

Originally Posted by joanna

i Have A Question For Flight Attendants...is It A Requirement That All Lap Children Sit In A Seat With 2 Oxygen Masks?

I Want To Hear It From The Horses Mouth, Sort Of Speak, Since I Am Having A 'debate' With Someone About It.

Thanks,
Joanna

Absolutely!

[Joanna]

Originally Posted by UKcats06

I can tell you in reservations it will not let us assign a seat with an infant in arms to the side without the extra o2 mask. I don't know if you can move on flight, but we can't assign those seats, the system won't let us.

would the same be true if the tickets were booked online?

This "debate" is that this person is convienced that when she flew with her lap kid she was never assigned a seat with double o2 masks...as if no one bothered to even institute that safety measure.

She booked the seats online and could chose her seats herself.

[Imachickadee75]

Was it a Regional Jet or a mainline flight? The mainline planes have the extra masks on both sides. If it was a RJ booked online, I could see the software not accounting for the infant in arms and the gate agent missing it. I'd be surprised if the FA didn't say something tho'. It might just be one of those insider things we know and others don't like -sit on the wing for the safest seat and right behind the wing for the smoothest ride.

Jackie

[amelia]

Originally Posted by joanna

i Have A Question For Flight Attendants...is It A Requirement That All Lap Children Sit In A Seat With 2 Oxygen Masks?

I Want To Hear It From The Horses Mouth, Sort Of Speak, Since I Am Having A 'debate' With Someone About It.

Thanks,
Joanna

Yes!!

[amelia]

Originally Posted by Joanna

would the same be true if the tickets were booked online?

This "debate" is that this person is convienced that when she flew with her lap kid she was never assigned a seat with double o2 masks...as if no one bothered to even institute that safety measure.

She booked the seats online and could chose her seats herself.

I can't tell you how many times parents came on board with a lap child and was not sitting in a seat with an extra O2 mask. At least half the time the lap child was assigned a seat w/o the extra mask. On the CRJ, the whole right side of the plane has an extra O2 mask for each row. Lap children were supposed to sit on the right side. When people came on board with lap children and were on the left side of the plane...I would move them. If customer service doesn't do it, its up to the FA to do it. Now, (I could be wrong about this since its been 6 years since I did FA training) if a parent with a lap child comes on the CRJ and sits on the left side and the seat beside them is empty, then they can sit there b/c there is an O2 mask for the both of them. kiwm? But, like I said....I could be wrong about that.

More times than I can count, underage pax were assigned the exit row and parents with underage children were assigned the exit row. A FA or a pax cannot always expect customer service to assign them the correct seats (at least thats how it was at my old airline). During boarding, its also up to the FA to make sure people are in correct seats if they have lap children and/or if they meet the req. to sit in the exit row. If not, the FA needs to move them.

[UKcats06]

Originally Posted by Joanna

would the same be true if the tickets were booked online?

This "debate" is that this person is convienced that when she flew with her lap kid she was never assigned a seat with double o2 masks...as if no one bothered to even institute that safety measure.

She booked the seats online and could chose her seats herself.

I'm not sure, but I don't think you can put an infant in arms on the reservation online. People usually call in and I have to move their seats if they are in the wrong one because it won't let me put in the infant, it makes me change the seats first. If they don't call and just do it at the airport I would think the ticket agent/gate agent would move them, but I'm not sure.

[Joanna]

ladies...thanks for making this more clear to me

Now, what would happen if a FA didn't follow procedures and allowed a in lap child to sit in a row without the extra o2 mask (aside from the obvious where a child would be in harms way in the event the masks drop down)? I am asking this just out of sheer curiosity.