Allow Carriers on Planes

The FAA prohibits babywearing carriers during takeoff and landing, requiring parents to hold infants in their arms instead, based on a 1995 study that compared car seats and other devices but did not test babywearing carriers or adequately compare them to lap-holding. The author argues that this rule lacks the "all things considered" reasoning the FAA applies elsewhere—such as allowing babies on laps to avoid parents driving instead—and suggests modern babywearing carriers would likely be safer than holding infants during turbulence, crashes, and evacuations.