It's going to take some horrific incident, and have to overcome a lot of $ concerns from families travelling.
Internationally, they change 10% of full coach, which can make it cheaper to buy the little projectile it's own seat. But domestically...
"Why should I have to spend $x just for little Billy? He can sit on my lap for the hour... Yeah, right, Ms. BStrauss3 was actually BIT by one of the little monsters who thought sis's seat was a jungle gym.
I think the little ones s/b in cages. "Please remember to put your children in the larger overhead bins on the DEF side. If you put them in grille first, three children can fit in each overhead. If you've brought both a rollerboard and child on, decide now which one you want to check, bring it to the front and we'll be happy to check it to your final destination."
----Burton