Originally Posted by
golfdude42501
Indeed, in flight terms, this is called "situational awareness". Leaving the window shades open, no devices turned on and having watched the safety video or presentation is to prepare each passenger for emergency situations that can occur during take-offs or landings.
Pax are allowed to sleep during takeoff and landing. Unconscious people tend to have very low situational awareness.
Originally Posted by
pacer142
They are allowed in those situations in the UK now and have been for ages, certainly on easyJet. I've even been on a flight where they were allowed once the aircraft had left the runway to taxi to the terminal - might have been KLM, but I'm not sure.
Every domestic flight in the US that I can recall has been this way (cell phones only though).