Originally Posted by
paulwuk
Waiting for seatbelt sign can be bad, if the captain is forgetful, or if it's just turbulant. I've been over Russia (Kalingrad) in the past before the sign has gone off.
Captain is not forgetful. It'll be an item on their checklist. There are no doubt perfectly good reasons they have left it on.
If its turbulent then that's good enough.. they don't want ipods ipads etc flying around the cabin.
Originally Posted by
paulwuk
I take the cabin crew out of seats as a sign that IFE can come out and electronics can go on.
Erm, the crew are allowed to do many things you are not. You as a passenger should not be taking actions based on the apparent actions (or lack thereof) of the crew at a given point in time.