We used to have a double McLaren buggy and two sons, 30 and 6 months old respectively. My wife travelled with them on her own. Try getting from a remote gate in T4 to the luggage carousel without the buggy. Not easy.
No having children isn't easy, surely you knew that before deciding to have them? My point, which is being overlooked, is why should the delivery of your buggy take precedence over the delivery of all the other luggage? Correct me if I'm wrong but don't infants travel free of charge? And I take it there is no excess baggage charge for your double McLaren buggy? So this extra cost to the airline is no doubt passed on to the customer under the guise of an inflated ticket price. So not only do I subsidise your children's travel but I have to wait at the back of the queue for my bags which, believe me, are as important to me as your buggy is to you. Again, as I said, tail wagging the dog.
The argument about drivers not allowing buggies on the bus is fatuous: every public transport operator in the UK is required to carry buggies
The only thing that's fatuous is the above comment. I'm not sure if a complimentary bus operating airside comes under your consideration of "public transport operator" but I was merely explaining what the situation used to be at Gatwick. I wasn't justifying it or giving reasons for it; that is what the situation was (and perhaps still is?) and yes, it caused consternation for parents but I was illustrating that it wasn't possible to say "yes / no, you can collect your buggy upon landing".
A child in a buggy is less at risk on a bus than in mums arms
As most airport buses are of the open-plan variety I would imagine the (possibly tenuous) safety issue is what problems the buggy itself could cause rather than concern for the child...as I said not everything in the world revolves around parents and their children.
once again, safety is used as an excuse for not doing something sensible and anyone who questions is accused of not caring about safety
Pray tell SLF3b what were the other instances?
Finally it would be interesting to see how you would react if one of your little darlings were injured due to somebody not following correct safety procedures, no matter how "fatuous" they may have been. I'm pretty certain you'd be on the phone to your solicitor demanding "compensation!" quicker than it takes a baggage handler to carry a double McClaren buggy up some rickety airbridge steps!