Multiple injuries on JetBlue 429 due to convective turbulence

CYA. Sign on, PA made, FAs briefed. It's when these steps aren't taken and then someone gets hurt that you'll find yourself getting yelled at. "You got some 'splainin to do!"

People are adults. I know I'm not going to just sit there and pee my pants, don't expect the public to either.
 
I was the pilot on duty at our south-central SD base last night and I can't believe they tried going through that gap. But then again the plane I fly goes half as fast and barely more than half as high.

Actually saw it parked on the ramp at RAP later that night.
 
Did any bricks of coke fall from the overhead? No but seriously I don't know why it's so hard for people to sit down and respect the seat belt sign. Every time I commute or deadhead people are up walking around once we're through 10k. On a overnight 2 weeks ago I heard a guy down in the bar complaining that the crew only turns it on to clear the aisle. He also accused crews of doing other things just to basically keep pax in line.
 
bLizZuE said:
CYA. Sign on, PA made, FAs briefed. It's when these steps aren't taken and then someone gets hurt that you'll find yourself getting yelled at. "You got some 'splainin to do!"

People are adults. I know I'm not going to just sit there and pee my pants, don't expect the public to either.
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Admonition delivered from the gatehouse and from the airplane and then again after level-off, and someone is still going to try to go to the crapper, but they cannot say they weren't warned.

MY (modest, 50-seat, stinky, hot) KINGDOM FOR A TURBULENCE FORECAST ON MY EFB.
 
Avgirl said:
Did she speak English? I once had that happen on a flight, it wasn't very full and that person had an entire row. The FA's were wacky on that flight anyways, but for some reason let this person sleep stretched out on the seats, and didn't make them sit upright and with their seat belt fastened when we were notified that we were approaching the airport. As would be expected, they rolled off the seats upon landing onto the floor. It was such a strange flight...
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Yep. She spoke English. She just had a problem following rules. She wouldn't stow her purse under her seat either. She just sat there clutching it all the time.
 
KLB said:
Yep. She spoke English. She just had a problem following rules. She wouldn't stow her purse under her seat either. She just sat there clutching it all the time.
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So annoying. I don't know why people think it is so hard to follow rules. Or that they for some reason are exempt from them. It is turning into such a regular thing to see people not following instructions on planes that it isn't so out of the ordinary anymore.
 
Landed in RAP en route somewhere. Saw this ol gal...

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gotWXdagain said:
I was the pilot on duty at our south-central SD base last night and I can't believe they tried going through that gap. But then again the plane I fly goes half as fast and barely more than half as high.

Actually saw it parked on the ramp at RAP later that night.
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Well since you weren't in the cockpit, looking at the radar image, I'm glad you can say for certain that "you can't believe they tried going through the gap."
 
mrivc211 said:
I think back in 2010 or 11' I was flying somewhere just east of the rockies at 39000'. Everything was pretty routine about an hour into the flight when all of a sudden we started to get slight mountain wave.
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Were you on a Mountain Wave Deviation Route?
 
Cptnchia said:
At some point, you just have to give up on certain individuals and move on. They were flying in moderate turbulence for at least 30 minutes prior to the upset.
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And you know that how?

Why any passenger, or for that matter, FA was not seated with their seatbelt fastened is ludicrous. Certain people think that the rules don't apply to them. When reality bites them in the ass, they deserve the ridicule.
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Maybe the FAs were up telling the folks to sit down? Maybe the FAs were up trying to stow bags that may have come out of the overheads? Maybe some of the injuries were compression injuries as the force was enough to lift them out of there seat with a loose seatbelt and then down in their seat quickly?

The fact of the matter is you don't know what the hell happened.

I'm glad nobody was injured seriously or killed, but as I tell my kids when they decide to learn by stupidity rather than listening to smarter people, "You were warned, dumbass."

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:rolleyes:

Once again, to make light of this situation is unprofessional and crass.
 
Seggy said:
And you know that how?



Maybe the FAs were up telling the folks to sit down? Maybe the FAs were up trying to stow bags that may have come out of the overheads? Maybe some of the injuries were compression injuries as the force was enough to lift them out of there seat with a loose seatbelt and then down in their seat quickly?

The fact of the matter is you don't know what the hell happened.



:rolleyes:

Once again, to make light of this situation is unprofessional and crass.
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Oh, good God. Half the stuff you troll post here is crass. Professionalism doesn't seem to stop you from taking a perverse pleasure in ruling people up.

So, for your efforts here:

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Springer said:
Were you on a Mountain Wave Deviation Route?
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Northernjets took this stuff REALLY seriously. There was a bunch of ground school time allocated to their proprietary turbulence plot system.

I don't fly out west as much as I used to, but I used to a lot on the 757. I had my little clip board and I'd plot the turbulence messages (called "TPs") out.

Well worth the 5 minutes it took.

I still carry my little laminated TP chart with the deviation routes on the back.

Richman
 
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