Is Turbulence Getting WORSE?

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I always keep the seatbelt on especially when I'm sleepy. I don't want to wake up by my head smashing into the cieling.

I appreciate the "why can't the pilots just telle before we hit turbulence". I recently had a pax complain that she only experiences turbulence when flying our specifc airline and we need to be better trained to stop making turbulence. Yes, making.

Back in 1995, my wife and I went to Hong Kong on a company sponsored award program. On the way back home we flew Singapore Airlines from Hong Kong to Hawaii, a 14 hour trip. On that trip at about 1am in the morning we experienced sudden extreme turbulence without any warning. Some people were laying across several seats and others although seated did not have seat belts on. Suddenly the plane dropped violently about 3000 feet as if hit by a huge fly swatter, and anyone and anything not belted down hit the ceiling or overhead luggage compartments. Even several heavy beverage carts slammed into the ceiling and crashed back down. Fortunately my wife and I were belted in our seats so we watched as everything slammed into the ceiling. It was terrifying and many people were injured. Apparently as we learned later we had flown into a Typhoon. We landed safely in Hawaii hours later and were still shaken by the experience to the point my wife did not want to fly the next leg from Hawaii to San Francisco. She wanted to take a ship but when she learned it was 6000 miles and would take a week she grudgingly got back on the airplane. We will never forget those terrifying seconds of violent turbulence.

I flew in Europe a few weeks after this incident and I noticed that the vast majority had their belt on for the whole flight , in my previous experiences, there’s always been a unanimous sound of buckles being undone as soon as the sign goes off, but not on this flight. Did definitely notice a change in culture

I always keep my seatbelt on, especially since I like to sleep on planes, and would need to be awake to hear any fasten seat belt warnings.

I have been aware of Clear Air Turbulence from a very early age. Back in the sixties my parents subscribed to a children's general knowledge magazine called 'Finding Out', and one article featured a giant, smiling cartoon CAT waving its paw and sending a hapless jet onto a rollercoaster ride! Being a cat lover I've always remembered this idea of using the acronym for Clear Air Turbulence to spell out my favourite pet animal!

I’ve been 100% on board with seat belts all the time since learning of the Aloha Airlines airline where a huge section of fuselage disappeared. The seat belts kept those people from flying away. Only casualty was an unfortunate, veteran flight attendant who was in the aisle.

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I cannot now unsee "CAT turbulance" as an invisible cat swatting at aircraft, because cats are gonna cat.

Been flying as a passenger since about 1960. A lot was 'Unaccompanied Minor', in those far off days, I was chucked on the jump seat to be out of the cabin crews way. Knew my way around a DC3 cockpit before I knew the controls of car. Was ALWAYS seat belt on! Have done every time I fly.

A razor advert in a turbulence video - imagine trying to shave on a shaky flight… 😂

My dad was a radio operator on B-50s in England at the beginning of our nuclear alert and readiness days. Some missions were extended (over night) as the USAF had planes in the air constantly beside those that were ready for scrambling. The relief crew was flying and dad was racked out. He said he woke up floating and then slammed into the rack. he got to his feet and then began floating again for a couple of seconds before slamming into the deck. He got his "stuff" sorted and strapped on a chute. He said that if it had so much as twitched he'd have "popped the cork" and jumped. Turns out that they had hit some clear air turbulence over the Atlantic followed by two massive down drafts that dropped them 10,000 and 8,000 respectively. 😳

Keep your seatbelt on, even loosley - you can always cinch it up quickly if you suddenly "feel light". Much quicker to cinch it than to plug it in.

15:13 & 16:06 Thank you for sharing the clips from my channel Petter! I have been a massive fan of yours and have watched every video you have posted!

Oh, great, I was a bit bummed that there were no new uploads during the weekend, but now all is good.

There's probably substantial overlap between the groups of people who don't wear seatbelts on plane rides and who put their feet up on the dashboard (you know, where the airbag deploys from) for long car rides.

Am I just noticing the video credits in the lower left? I like that, rather than just borrowing other people's video because we can.

Me personally, I like to keep my seatbelt on at all times and urge others to do so too

For me a well fastened seat belt isn't just a precautionary measure against unforeseen forces. I find it actually helps my posture in the seat and increases my comfort. Over all a win-win for me, but body shapes and and feelings towards being even lightly restrained do vary.