Thanks for the responses. Just to clarify, I asked the for the second time during the headcount, and for the third time during the final seatbelt check. The fourth time was as the CC concerned was heading back to his seat for take-off.
In countries such as the UK, infant seatbelts are a safety requirement. In the US and Canada, infant seatbelts are banned as they are a safety hazard.
Wow. What the hell are we supposed to make of that??? What is the (supposed) hazard, by the way? The infant belt hinders escape?
in my airline at least if the aircraft is lined up on the runway and the engines are spooling up, the cabin crew are not permitted to make contact with the flight crew
This is interesting. Are you saying that if CC become aware of a potential emergency during the take-off roll (smoke in cabin, passenger trying to ignite shoe, etc), they cannot communicate this to the flight deck? If the plane has not yet reached V1, it can stop safely - is there not a procedure for alerting the flight deck to a reason to reject the take-off?
Thanks again.