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s0ssos Sep 26, 2015 2:16 pm
a little bumpy air
 
Today, the flight attendant announced we were going through "bumpy air". I, unluckily, wasn't seated in a window seat so couldn't tell what that looked like.
I have heard of the term "rough air" prior as well. I am glad I wasn't outside, otherwise I would be scraped from all the roughness.

Maybe in the future they will stop using the term "captain" as well, instead preferring "guy seated in the front steering the plane".

freshairborne Sep 26, 2015 2:45 pm
Originally Posted by s0ssos (Post 25482133)
Today, the flight attendant announced we were going through "bumpy air". I, unluckily, wasn't seated in a window seat so couldn't tell what that looked like.
I have heard of the term "rough air" prior as well. I am glad I wasn't outside, otherwise I would be scraped from all the roughness.

Maybe in the future they will stop using the term "captain" as well, instead preferring "guy seated in the front steering the plane".
What would you prefer to call it? How about the various different FAA-approved descriptions for the dynamic state of ambient air. The vast majority of people would have no clue what they mean, so flight attendants and pilots generally reduce it to the lowest common denominator.

I don't care what you call the pilot in command of a plane you're flying on, but officially, I'm the captain.

FAB

fly7b2 Sep 26, 2015 3:20 pm
Book 'em, Danno, murder one

fjfv19 Sep 26, 2015 8:56 pm
a little bumpy air
 
What is your point? It is actually difficult to believe you are complaining about this. Inhale deeply and move on. There is nothing wrong with this articulation.

Gamecock Sep 26, 2015 9:01 pm
Originally Posted by fjfv19 (Post 25483271)
What is your point? It is actually difficult to believe you are complaining about this. Inhale deeply and move on. There is nothing wrong with this articulation.
And I thought it was just me that reached this conclusion.

abmj-jr Sep 26, 2015 9:53 pm
Originally Posted by Gamecock (Post 25483286)
And I thought it was just me that reached this conclusion.
+2. What a silly complaint.

weero Sep 26, 2015 11:35 pm
I heard it many times. Not us often as 'turbulence' but very often. More often than "patch of rough air ahead".

CPRich Sep 27, 2015 12:04 am
You would prefer "Ladies and gentlemen, we are about to enter a flow regime characterized by chaotic property changes, including low momentum diffusion, high momentum convection, and rapid variation of pressure and flow velocity in space and time. If and when the Reynolds number declines to a value indicating laminar flow, we'll alert you via aural and visual cues"?

I'm pretty sure most folks would better understand "bumpy" or "rough" air.

SpannerSpinner Sep 27, 2015 12:10 am
Originally Posted by CPRich (Post 25483624)
You would prefer "Ladies and gentlemen, we are about to enter a flow regime characterized by chaotic property changes, including low momentum diffusion, high momentum convection, and rapid variation of pressure and flow velocity in space and time. If and when the Reynolds number declines to a value indicating laminar flow, we'll alert you via aural and visual cues"?
I would, it'd make a perfect moment to snap a picture of a cabin full of befuddled pax, and a few grinning engineering and physics types.

LondonElite Sep 27, 2015 3:46 am
Please tell me what your point is? :confused:

ChangingNappies Sep 27, 2015 6:19 am
a little bumpy air
 
Customer service should give you some miles for enduring that ;)

Ocn Vw 1K Sep 27, 2015 9:45 am
As the OP has received replies to his inquiry as we understand it, the thread will therefore be closed. If the OP was seeking some other information but did not make that clear, the OP can ask a moderator to consider reopening the thread so as to clarify that. Ocn Vw 1K, Moderator.


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