My wife and I are flying NAS->ATC later this month and she is 5 mo preggers. We are on Skybahamas which operates either Beechcraft 1900d or Saab 340A, both of which are pressurized... so there shouldnt be any reason to be concerned...

But the pregnant mind finds ways to worry anyway...now my wife wanted o know if the pressurization might not be "turned on" (which, it looks like is actually technically feasible to do, but, at least in the 340, the CABIN PRESS light would illuminate if the pressure altitude is above 10,000ft)

In any case, in an effort to calm her down I wanted to see if I could find a flight path from NAS to ATC or NAS to TBI to show her that, if I had to guess, the plane barely kisses 10,000 ft anyway as the distance is under 150 miles. Haven't been able to locate anything that would support my hypothesis, anyone know how I might be able to prove this?

I know its silly, but if I can get her to chill out, itll make the whole thing less painful for me.

I don't understand the issue - if the plane is at an altitude where pressurization is necessary, the pressurization will be turned on. The pilots aren't any more likely to forget it than the pilots of a 747.

I can't find a flightpath for that particular flight, but here is a flightpath for the same type of plane doing Albany-Boston a couple of days ago, which is a touch further (but not much). As you can see, the plane never got higher than 13,000 feet.

That'll do.

Dude, I'm with you 120%. My wife worries what if they dont turn it on and we go to 10,000 ft.... to which I reply, "then basically, itll be like you went to aspen colorado for 20 minutes."

I agree its an illogical concern.

Don't know if Skybahamas assigns seats, but if they do and if you're on the Saab - be aware that row 2 has no windows. If that matters.