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Old Sep 26, 2023 | 10:49 am
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Originally Posted by enviroian
Yep. It's about liability and the airline scared of facing lawsuits from customers
My airline doesn't address it like that with us. We're mainly concerned with F/A injuries as those, which are still far too common, usually occur when the seatbelt sign is on but we haven't told them to take their jumpseats.

A JetBlue flight yesterday sent 8 to the hospital after an encounter with severe turbulence.

I haven't seen an updated stat, but just before the pandemic, my airline was averaging just under 1 F/A turbulence injury per day. That's when we changed our procedures on how we tell them to be seated with specifically worded P.A. announcements based on how quickly we need them down.

I flew a bit over 7 hours, in two legs, on Sunday. Lots of light turbulence that was right at the edge of seatbelt sign on/off. None of the weather apps we had was giving a clear indication of when it would be better, and when it would be worse. Whenever we turn the sign on, I start a timer. That keep me from forgetting that it's on and is a reminder of for how long we've had everyone seats. As that time increases, we work harder to try to find a way to get it back off again, i.e. less efficient/slower altitude that is smoother.

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