a little bumpy air
Sep 26, 2015 | 2:16 pm
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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".
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".
Sep 26, 2015 | 2:45 pm
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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".
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".
I don't care what you call the pilot in command of a plane you're flying on, but officially, I'm the captain.
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Sep 26, 2015 | 8:56 pm
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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.
Sep 26, 2015 | 9:01 pm
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Sep 26, 2015 | 9:53 pm
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Sep 26, 2015 | 11:35 pm
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I heard it many times. Not us often as 'turbulence' but very often. More often than "patch of rough air ahead".
Sep 27, 2015 | 12:04 am
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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.
I'm pretty sure most folks would better understand "bumpy" or "rough" air.
Sep 27, 2015 | 12:10 am
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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"?
Sep 27, 2015 | 3:46 am
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Please tell me what your point is? 
Sep 27, 2015 | 6:19 am
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a little bumpy air
Customer service should give you some miles for enduring that 
Sep 27, 2015 | 9:45 am
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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.