Less Turbulence on Delta Flights?
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Less Turbulence on Delta Flights?
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#2This reads like an ad for Delta more than anything else.
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#3This article sounds like an ad, but in any case cutting cost and achieving higher customer satisfaction are all good things so props to Delta for that.
However, I have to wonder why the article makes it seem like only Delta is using data for turbulence avoidance and not other big players. Is this a relatively new thing when it comes to Big Data in airlines?
Edit: This is an ad after all
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#4This reads like an ad for Delta more than anything else.
yup, they lost me at "The reason for the increase in avoidance? Lines of code, iPads onboard and a willingness to ditch a century-old way of doing things."
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#5As someone who holds a commercial pilots license but works in software development, I'd love to find a hybrid job solving problems I'm aviation with tech.
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#6This reads like an ad for Delta more than anything else.
It _is_ an ad by The Points Guy.
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#7General aviation pilot here. I fly a bonanza in the flight levels regularly. There are plenty more data sources than just PIREPS, even in general aviation. Foreflight on an iPad, combined with and ADS-B receiver and a SirrusXM WX subscription are all in active use in my little 40 year old airplane. I say this as an avid Delta frequent flyer, but I highly doubt Delta's competitors are only using PIREPS to navigate turbulence.
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#8It seems to me that there is less turbulence in the last 10-15 years. Does anyone know off hand whether this is the case?
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#9Now if Delta could only keep their systems online to avoid ground stops. I think it's been two of the last three Autumns that they've experienced major outages.
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#10I have no idea what they're referring to in terms of app or model, but Foreflight (most common EFB app on the market at the moment) has had this feature for maybe a year and is IPad only... So is this just a huge Delta ad there they're basically saying "yay, we use Foreflight"?