Originally Posted by
Dawgfan6291
I never said he did? The original thread is about Delta.
In inferring that the quoted post had something to do with DL's meteorology department, you implied that.
Originally Posted by
Dawgfan6291
zero percent chance of someone being able to stay seated for 3 hours?
not sure if you are serious.....
Someone perhaps, everyone on what I assume was a TATL 767, zero percent.
Originally Posted by
Dawgfan6291
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.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/trave...-belt-signs-on
Scenario like this could easily turn into a lawsuit.
Originally Posted by
Dawgfan6291
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.
You're contradicting yourself here. On one had you say this is pretty much a liability issue, on the other you imply that the flight deck is legitimately concerned about turbulence.
I trust the pilot to fly the plane, sure but I'm more than comfortable taking the risk to hop up and have a pee if the seat belt sign has been on for hours on end for no reason. Yes, if the aircraft is actually entering an area of severe weather or known severe to extreme turbulence, I'll hold it as long as I can, otherwise I'm not going to sit around playing that game should there potentially be turbulence two hours later. Virtually every other airline from every other country has no problem managing this issue and I don't see anything that implies there is any higher level of injury due to turbulence on non-US airlines.