09-17-2017
06:33 AM
Hello. Is anyone else irritated about the seatbelt sign always being on?
Yesterday I flew on a 3 hour 20 minute flight. The seatbelt sign was on for over 2 hours. For at least 1 hour and 50 minutes of that 2 hours there were clear blue skies and an absolutely smooth flight above any clouds.
After an hour os so, people understandbly started ignoring it and used the bathroom, etc. so they wouldn't pee in their seats!
It also seems that on every flight, the pilots put on the seatbelt sign when the service staff is serving drinks, maybe to keep the aisles clear for them?
I and everyone knows there may be unexpected turbulence, but this is uncalled for. For instance, we recently took a British Air flight round trip to London. The seatbelt sign for the total 18 hours of flying was on only for takeoff and landing, maybe 1 hour out of the 18 hours.
At SW the seatbelt sign is always on, so it is becoming meaningless.
I presume they do this for liability reasons "If you are hurt it's not our fault, it's yours". But it has gone to extreme and having it on on smooyh flights makes passengers ignore it. I always thought SW put the customer first. Now it appears they put them first and their attorneys first. It is very irritating.
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