MEL_Traveller
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even when done up as tight as possible I can still pull the infant out. Remember they go around the body and not over the lap like adult belts.
Laying the infant on their back and on your knees, I can see this being effective, or reclining the seat slightly so the upright angle of the infant is not 90-degrees; but the standard upright position seems all for show imo. I've done more than 30 flights over the past 12 months with an infant on a variety of airlines and cabins.
I guess what I was meaning was that infant seat belts are likely to assist with the prevention of injury, but not necessarily offer total protection. Turbulence yes, but a full crash? That probably has limitations.
But parents can take an appropriate fitted capsule on board.