Thanks for info regarding seat restraints for kids(I'll follow the links as my curiosity has been piqued). When we left Akrotiri in 2004 there were no such devices available, which is why I wanted to use my 3 point car crash seat secured with a lap strap on the rearward facing seat of the VC 10 as the best form of restraint. When the reply came from the AT Fleet, I was given a lovely black and white photocopy of the new seats that were soon to come into service - but little help to me at the time.
Surely if hanging onto your kids is the best way of restraining them then all of the airlines would do it as they could ditch the extra lapstraps.
Srennaps - sorry if I upset your wonderful view of the AT Fleet but calling me a liar is out of order. You could always ask the midwife who helped deliver my son who was sat in the rows next to us. She offered to help us get our kit off the aircraft and then fell about laughing as the stewardess offered my 7 week old child chicken nuggets for lunch.