I was flying up to Aberdeen a few weeks ago during some bad winds and the captain did the same, something along the lines of "Well folks, you've probably all seen the weather forecast, and I can't lie, this is going to be rough! We've filled her up as much as we can and will give it a go but prepare to land in Edinburgh". It was the right thing to do and whilst it did seem to calm everyone down there was complete silence all the way up the road on the 1 hour 25 minute flight - which normally takes 1 hour 5 minutes.