Originally Posted by
Cyio
Agree. I flew overseas on BA recently, leaving PHX for London, and the seatbelt sign came off around 18,000 feet and didn't come back on until 18,000 feet, despite some areas of light to moderate chop. I will also say that the FAs served the entire time. There was none of this "how's the ride going to be" bull****.
Worked in the EU for a while a while back, and the standard was to turn of the seatbelt above 3,000' MSL. Had a few destinations with a field elevation higher than that...... But, yeah, definitely more normal to have the SB off in the EU.