Originally Posted by
txrus
According to the FAs/GA on my flight Sunday, that's a US thing that is migrating to AA, though they refused to make that announcement & stuck w/the usual AA 'the front door has now been closed, please turn off & put away all large electronic devices...'
There's no way that's historically a US thing. I've been on way too many US flights over the past 15 years and I've never heard it until very recently.