If I'm in the bulkhead, which I usually am when I'm not upgraded, I stow my stuff about 10 to 15 minutes after the nose dips (which is normally 30 minutes prior to touchdown). I know from experience that I must stow my bags in an overhead bin and I know that I'm going to be told to do that, so I get off my a$$ and put my carry-on stuff where it belongs and don't make a big deal out of challenging a F/A about whose responsibility it is to care for my personal belongings.
But I may be different than most as my mother weaned me at an early age!!!
But I may be different than most as my mother weaned me at an early age!!!
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But I may be different than most as my mother weaned me at an early age!!!
+1 ^Originally Posted by LilAbner
If I'm in the bulkhead, which I usually am when I'm not upgraded, I stow my stuff about 10 to 15 minutes after the nose dips (which is normally 30 minutes prior to touchdown). I know from experience that I must stow my bags in an overhead bin and I know that I'm going to be told to do that, so I get off my a$$ and put my carry-on stuff where it belongs and don't make a big deal out of challenging a F/A about whose responsibility it is to care for my personal belongings.But I may be different than most as my mother weaned me at an early age!!!
Mild to Moderate Turbulence?
Moderate: Occupants feel definite strains against seat belts or shoulder straps. Unsecured objects are dislodged.
So in moderate turbulence no-one would be walking around, everything unsecured would be moving around the cabin - believe me, you would remember... Injuries are not infrequent.
Severe turbulence -
"Occupants are forced violently against seat belts or shoulder straps. Unsecured objects are tossed about. Food service and walking impossible. "
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Just so that we all speak the same language - Turbulence is defined here (pretty much the same worldwide) http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/civilaviatio...89.htm#met-3-7Originally Posted by dimramon
I was on a UX flight to Detroit today. During parts of the flights, turbulence was mild to moderate and the seat belt sign came on on a few occasions.
Moderate: Occupants feel definite strains against seat belts or shoulder straps. Unsecured objects are dislodged.
So in moderate turbulence no-one would be walking around, everything unsecured would be moving around the cabin - believe me, you would remember... Injuries are not infrequent.
Severe turbulence -
"Occupants are forced violently against seat belts or shoulder straps. Unsecured objects are tossed about. Food service and walking impossible. "
I notice the OP is DEN based; one does not fly into or out of DEN without extensive experience of turbulence, mild, moderate, extreme and OMG. So, perhaps the desire to stay seated with belt secured is based on experience. That said, every flight I've been on into DEN has featured an announcement of pending preparation for landing, and in most cases that is the time to stop one's work. Perhaps the OP might have considered closing down the computer a few minutes earlier; although I know that on occasions--say one time out of a gazillion--some rare and elevated thought comes to my mind after I have turned off the computer, and by the time I reopen in the RCC (oops, UC), I've forgotten it. But that is covered under the same probabilities as those of us who pay the 'stupidity tax' each week (ie, buy lotto tickets.)
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Flyer 420
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