FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Turbulence
Thread: Turbulence
View Single Post
Old Jun 15, 2009 | 1:56 pm
  #33  
uammiler
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Programs: United GS 1K, MM; Hilton Diamond; Marriott Plat; SPG Gold
Posts: 129
Originally Posted by chgoeditor
I read an article once that made the analogy of a pilot flying a plane through turbulence to drivers driving their cars down a bumpy street. It's annoying, but really no big deal. The article said that most pilots consider it to be a non-event that's forgotten by the time they land, just like your or I really wouldn't dwell on the fact that we'd driven through a pothole.
^ The bumpy road analogy worked for me. Also, being on a boat skimming over waves helped...
uammiler is offline