Originally Posted by
cmd320
First of all, I doubt OP was working through DL’s meteorology department on a flight from EWR to ZRH.
I never said he did? The original thread is about Delta.
Originally Posted by
cmd320
There is no reasonable expectation that everyone on the aircraft is going to be able to remain seated for 3+ hours at a time. In fact there’s about a zero percent chance of that being possible.
zero percent chance of someone being able to stay seated for 3 hours?
not sure if you are serious.....
Originally Posted by
cmd320
By leaving the sign on continuously people are going to stop observing it, and I’m admittedly one of them.
and I'll ask you the same question I asked flyerCO.
You guys (and/or girls) KNOW this happens all the time, let's see some data.
Originally Posted by
cmd320
With that said, I’ll usually do my own research before getting up to make sure we’re not about to fly over a thunderstorm or line of storms ahead of a cold front.
and this is the rub that I knew was coming.
You are smarter than any pilot in the front of the plane. I just genuinely hope that when you, the million miler the pilot talked about and all the other "smartest person in the room" types are flying you don't get yourself hurt, someone else hurt or worse.
btw, your "research" has nothing to do with turbulence. Thunderstorms *can* produce it but so can many other things a weather radar app isn't picking up. But I'm sure you knew that.
