If US carriers treated the seatbelt sign like international carriers do, this wouldn’t be much of an issue. Most flyers in the US have become immune to the seatbelt sign as it stays illuminated during large periods of clear skies. Case in point, on my IAD-LAX flight the other day, the sign was on the entire flight without the slightest bump.

Was she humorous during the flight? Maybe she thought she was being funny. If not, I would have nodded when she had said that and given her a fake smile and rolled by eyes as I walked back to my seat. When I sat down I would have typed up a letter to AA and Skywest (and CC the other). Then when I disembarked (assuming that she was at the forward entry door) I would have told her that her comment was extremely inappropriate and I already had contacted both AA and Skywest corporate about the incident.