B737-700
Flight Attendant Current
Situational Awareness
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown
General None Reported / Taken
Human Factors
While passing through the cabin during flight I noticed that there was a lap infant in Row 18. I consulted the passenger manifest and that was her assigned seat. I consulted our manual to confirm that lap children are not allowed to sit the row directly aft of an exit. I then confirmed the situation with the A and B Flight Attendants and determined our action; to move the guest to our open row. I explained the situation to our guest and moved her without complaint.I feel like this should have been flagged by our system and caught before they made it onto the plane.
Passenger with lap child was seated in 18A aft of exit row. Passenger and infant were moved to 25F. There was no one in the middle row 18B but we checked our manual and regulation states no lap infant forward or aft of exit row. After takeoff; Flight Attendant C noticed the passenger with lap child aft of exit row and alerted me and Flight Attendant B. We consulted the flight manual and it states no lap infants aft or forward if an exit row. The passenger and her infant were moved to row 25.We are not sure if with the new seating regulations leaving the middle seat open that having a lap child aft or forward of the exit row is still considered a violation. We followed the company manual to be safe.
Flight Attendants reported a passenger with infant sitting near emergency exit.