OP, are you serious?

As a nervous flier (yes, still), I hate chop as much as the next person. But to think that the home base in ATL told the pilot of my flight tonight to fly through the squall line over the planes, and damn the possible consequences, is ridiculous.

I obviously can't speak for pilots, but i imagine they want to land alive just as much as you do. And while turbulence in flight may be aggravating and scary, it is, 99.999% of the time, an issue of comfort and not safety.