It's SOP in Aus. Trays up, seats up fully and armrests down. Has been for as long as I can remember. Grant SYD QF - ATW Airline of the Year ----- Original Message ----- From: Roger Chung-Wee <roger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 8:42 am Subject: Re: FAA Regulations???? > On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 12:42:15 EST, you wrote: > > >On the Southwest TV show last night one of the gate agents said > that " seat > >armrests must be down for takeoff and landings--faa regulations " > This was > >during the segment on oversize psgrs. In over 30 years of flying > I have never > >heard this--never saw it enforced or even mentioned. Whats the deal? > > I've seen this enforced by BA, and it wasn't on a flight to/from the > US. So, maybe CAA regs or the airline's own regs. >