Originally Posted by
Trip7
That's different and understandable. Many airlines have the policy that the seatbelt sign is for FAs as well.
What we're talking about here is the hypothetical and apparently for some real world events that it's smooth at cruise, seat belt sign is off and FA's call to have seat belt sign turned on. Decade plus at the Widget and I've never had that happen. Every call to turn on the seat belt sign has been reasonable.
About 10% of the time domestic I get the "it's really rough back here" when it's dead calm. Occasionally a PA made in my name for something I didn't say.