FED (#10705),
"...I don't know if my father was ballocked for not having me in the landing/crash position..." So it was all right to have you aboard a moving aircraft at all ? If you'd been (unfortunately) written-off in an incident, what would they tell the Coroner ?
Even in the war, it was quite a hassle getting authorisation to carry a civilian - and even then he/she had to sign a "blood chit", absolving the RAF from any responsibility to you, or to your heirs or successors, for any mishap which might happen !
Autre Temps, Autre Moeurs !
Danny.