Originally Posted by
exerda
Last week, we had Y pax tromping up through F during the tail end of the climb to use the lavs on a PMCO 738; FAs didn't even bother to announce that the seatbelt light was still on.
OTOH, I've been on SFO-IAD transcons where the pilot turned on the light about an hour into the flight and left it on for the next 3.5 hours, even though perfectly smooth air or at worst very light and occasional chop. When that happens, you bet I'm going to ignore the light.
There was turbulence on each of these flights that I mentioned, and the pilots even announced that turbulence was expected and told people to stay in their seats. I have experienced the occasional flight in which it seemed that the pilots forgot us and out bladders, but these instances didn't fall into that category!