Originally Posted by kellyl

Flew out of Calgary to Denver last week. The flight attendant announced that since this is an international flight, passengers need to power down their phones upon takeoff. A few of us looked at each other confused - one passenger politely told the FA this was the first he's heard of that rule on Air Canada OR United in a long time. FA got belligerent, showed him the rule from the binder, talked to other customers about how he dared question her, made a very condescending announcement about "rules". Awkward...

Anyway - is this requirement up to the FA to decide or is it a rule at all? I read that it applies to "select international departures" but have never heard of it being enforced in Canada.

Thanks