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From: brunton@hplabs.UUCP (R. Scott Brunton)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Infants & Airplanes
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Date: Tue, 3-Jan-84 15:10:21 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan  3 15:10:21 1984
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     My wife and I will be taking our 4 week old son with us on
a trip from San Francisco to Toronto next week.  The flight is
about 5 hours long.
     I would appreciate any tips on how infants react to pressurized
aircrafts and how best to deal with it.  The only advice I have 
received so far is to feed the baby during ascent and descent.
     I also found out from Air Canada that they have bassinets that
fix themselves into the bulkhead of the plane.  Unfortunately, these
particular seats (on a 767) are located in the smoking section only!
I was so upset by this that I fired off a heated letter to Air Canada.
Has anyone else had similar experiences?  In addition, they do not
confirm that a bassinet will be there for you.  It's merely a request
that you submit.

		The first of probably many battles as a new parent,

		Scott Brunton  {ucbvax!hplabs!brunton}