Originally Posted by
Can I help you
I cannot see anything that says at what point the takeoff actually finishes but I would think for the use of electrical devices it would be when the undercarriage is retracted.
Honestly.... I'd be very surprised if someone can counter-argue (with details of BA policy, not any heresy or personal experience) my statement of ..... nonsense.
As passengers, you should not be taking your queues from the actions of the crew or the aircraft unless directed to do so. You should be using public queues such as the seatbelt lights.
The fact is that the undercarriage is retracted because there is no more runway left (and you're going too fast) to do an aborted take off. However, nothing is stopping PF from aborting the initial climb and bringing the aircraft back to land. The initial climb-out is a critical time and they don't want to be wasting time telling people suffering from withdrawal symptoms to put away their gear !
Hence my suggestion that from a passengers point of view, take off is complete at the end of the initial climbout when the flightcrew turns off the seatbelt sign .... probably somewhere around 10,000 ft. I don't know the exact figure for BA.