Originally Posted by
msg75
Laughed to myself the other night flying into EWR.
Listening to LiveATC where occasional light chop was reported.
FA during her pre-landing PA announcement: "Please remain seated with your seat belts fastened as we're expecting moderate turbulence on our descent into Newark."
There's a difference!
Feel free to continue laughing to yourself but I assure you the FA’s are well aware of the differences in turbulence strength. Understand they are just relaying the information that was told to them by the pilots prior to departure or what is anticipated by updates from dispatch/other aircraft enroute related to them by the flight deck.
We give a detailed crew briefings to the FA’s about all pertinent items related to the flight prior to departure. One of the items we touch on is expected weather and the possibility of turbulence. We conduct this briefing using the weather tools we have available and the forecasted turbulence based on the information presented in our weather package from our destination.
Obviously weather and turbulence patterns are constantly changing. We have to use weather products that are trying to predict 2, 4, 8, 16+ hours in advance, sometimes it just isn’t exactly correct.