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On my UX flight yesterday, the flight crew turned off the seatbelt sign at 14,000 feet. Up to this point, it had been my understanding that US flight crews wait until cruising altitude to extinguish the sign. Was my experience unusual, or was my understanding incorrect?
There's not really any requirement that it be on until cruise altitude. It is up to the discretion of the crew really but any time in smooth air above 10,000 feet it can be off generally.