Washington D.C. (including Baltimore) - DC flights Wed May 11th

Anyone know why airlines were requring passengers to stay in seats 30 minutes prior to landing on May 11th--some flights..not all? Is this the new norm?

taveller, welcome to posting on FlyerTalk! Let's see if the readers of the Travel->Washington forum can help. I'll move this thread there. Ocn Vw 1K, Moderator, TravelBuzz.

I have heard that announcement from the flight deck twice so far this year. Once on Delta and once on American. That rule was rescinded several years ago. It makes me wonder what else the pilot is out of date about. I always send an email to the airline about this. In a few weeks I get an answer regretting any inconvenience due to the mistake.