Originally Posted by
ani90
Do we really think United crew do not use such alerts carefully, and do not give thought before they ask the flight crew to take their seats?
Absolutely I think that United crew sometimes forgets to turn off the seatbelt sign. Maybe it really needs to be on for 4+hours?, but I think it is quite rare for the weather to be that bad for that long where there isn't at least a few minutes where it can be turned off.