Hmm, as a new mother, I agree, I certainly won't be travelling Southwest now. I can already feel the "air rage" coming on at the image of people cutting ahead of me while I'm folding my stroller,then, when on board, being the jerk who slows everyone down by putting my car seat in.
However, I previously didn't fly Southwest because I loathed the cattle call and lining up an hour early as a single person. So I might actually fly as a single person now. Though probably not, b/c the security line at LAX is always an hour or more for SWA and 15 minutes for all other airlines.
Maybe SWA could do what British Airways does... have the car seats PRE-INSTALLED as a SERVICE. (I'd pay $25 for that!) But it appears no U.S. based airlne company is interested in providing real solutions for their family customers.
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