Cabin Crew credibility in danger? Paxes ignore the seatbelt sign, no reaction from CC
From my observation it's slowly becoming a norm that once an aircraft reaches a gate, passengers undo their seatbelts and even stand up to reach for their luggage, despite the seatbelt sign is still on. What surprises me is that there is no reaction from cabin crew, who just announced couple of minutes earlier "please remain seated until the aircraft comes to a full stop and the fasten seatbelt sign is switched off". This happens both on low cost carriers and increasingly at legacy airlines as well.
If this lack of reaction for breaking the rules you set continues, cabin crew will slowly lose its credibility and authority. Passengers will keep pushing the boundaries and there will be even more problems with unruly behavior. I've already witnessed couple of times undoing the seatbelts when taxiing / entering the apron and it has happened once that a guy unfastened his seatbelt just seconds after touchdown. 25 years ago that was hard to imagine.
What are your opinions? Should the cabin crew be more strict in enforcing the rules or keep politely reminding and then do nothing when people ignore them?