Originally Posted by
LNL76
Back in the day when cell phones had to be OFF when the door closed, it used to drive me nuts when any crew member in uniform ignored the announcement. How do you expect pax to obey the rules when others around them (who should know better) think they're above it? I had one commuting pilot on one of my regular runs who ALWAYS did it and, of course, I had to be the ***** to ALWAYS tell him to turn it off, as he should know better.
I feel for you back then, and it is total BS that any crew would put FA's in that position.
Today at least you have a little "plausible deniability", in that you can "assume" the phone is airplane mode...if they're not actually talking on it.