Originally Posted by
jumppilot
Especially being a pilot, you know the risks.
Yep - it's effectively zero.
I got bored trying to find the last time a lapchild died in a circumstance where a carseat might have helped. But the last accident where it even COULD have been possible was 1999 with the AA overrun at LIT. Since that point (on US airlines) all accidents have killed everyone on board and from 2009-present day the single passenger fatality was the partial ejection SW accident.
So yeah, save the money!