Originally Posted by
ashleyusm2014
Hi guys. So I flew from NYC to Ireland on May 13th, and the flight was very bumpy. I don't think the "fasten seatbelt" sign came off at all, and the flight attendants suspended meal service for the majority of the flight. I was terrified. Well, this saturday (May 25th), I'll be returning to the States on a 9:20 flight from Dublin to Atlanta. I've tried to use the turbulence forecaster website to see what's in store, but I can't figure it out. Any help would be very much appreciated.
The bad news: Inflight turbulence has been increasing because of global warming, so don't expect things to get better over the long run. And of course there is no way to predict how much turbulence you will encounter on a specific flight.
The good news: The probability of a commercial airliner crashing because of turbulence, absent other factors, is near zero. Just think of it as a car going over a bumpy road.