pagiven@drutx.UUCP (GivenP) (09/16/85)
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If anyone has flown long distances with an infant, I would greatly
appreciate hearing either success or horror stories; perhaps such
experiences would be educational.
We will be flying a 747 from Newark to Brussels, leaving 8:00 PM
and arriving about 9:00 AM, with our 6 month old baby girl. The
craft will be configured single class (People Express), with all
seats probably taken: seat space has not been purchased for the
baby. Both parents were hoping to get some sleep on the way over.
If there is a vacant seat available, is there any nifty way of
securing the baby in it while she sleeps? If there is no seat for
her, is there a way of attaching mother to child so both can sleep?
Perhaps a commercially available harness of some kind?
Maybe someone knows of an organization to go to for advice? The
reservation/information clerks have made no positive suggestions.
Many thanks, in advance!!
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Paul Given {ihnp4, houxe, stcvax!ihnp4}!drutx!pagiven
AT&T Information Systems Laboratories
11900 N. Pecos, Rm 1B04, Denver 80234 (303)-538-4058
-----------------------------------------------------------------srw@inuxa.UUCP (S Whitesell) (09/18/85)
> If there is a vacant seat available, is there any nifty way of > securing the baby in it while she sleeps? If there is no seat for > her, is there a way of attaching mother to child so both can sleep? > Perhaps a commercially available harness of some kind? I don't know about People's Express, but some airlines provide bassinets for babies to sleep in. On a recent United flight the attendent provided one which she hung on the bulkhead dividing tourist from first class. There were a couple of studs in the bulkhead which seemed to be there for just this purpose. In any event, I would advise getting either a bulkhead seat or a seat in a row by a door exit. This will give you more room. Steve Whitesell AT&T Consumer Products
simon@elwood.DEC (Product Safety 237-3521) (09/20/85)
I flew once from Rome to New York with a 2 month old baby. Though it was not People Express, we flew PanAm, the service was not much better. First, the plane was full, not a single vacant seat. When we asked for any kind of a hanging crib which I saw once on a Soviet plane a few years ago, we were told that safety and insurance regulations do not allow such devices aboard American planes. So we got stuck with a baby on the laps for the whole flight -- nine hours. We took turns with my wife to hold the baby, which gave us a chance to get at least some rest. We occupied the two seats next to tthe window, where on L1011's and DC10's there are only two seats abreast between the wall and the isle, which gave us an easy access to the isle without disturbing other people and not much problem for us. It also allowed my wife to breast fed the baby without beeing disturbed. Our friends, who flew with their baby the same route a few weeks before us, had to go to a lavatory for baby breast feeding. So be prepared. The only advice I can give is to have a bottle of water ready during take-off and climing up, and then during going down. Barometric pressure changes in the cabin which an adult may not notice will bother a baby. A sip of water will help to equlize (sp?) the pressure inthe ears. Have a good flight! Leo Simon