Wow, glad to hear that calexandre and everyone else aboard is ok. I read about AA280 the day it happened, just crappy Internet kept me from posting earlier. I was on the LAX-PVG flight a few days ago, and the pilot made it a point on the PA to tell us that we were delayed 15 min from departing and would arrive 45-60 min later because a) we were taking on extra fuel because b) we would fly at 28K feet (and thus slower than normal with more fuel burn) to avoid turbulent air from a winter storm. We just got some light bumps, and after seeing this story, I'm definitely not complaining about missing the Shanghai Circus!