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NTSB: Cloud shot up vertically in front of plane before turbulence
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Re: NTSB: Cloud shot up vertically in front of plane before turbulence
#32When they tell you to try to keep your seatbelts on at all times they are not kidding. I am sure some of the injuries were people like the quoted woman, people that had to take off their seatbelts to move around the cabin, but probably some of them were people that just unbuckled their seatbelts to feel more comfortable.
I have never understood the claim that seatbelts are uncomfortable. Are y’all cinching them down so hard it cuts off blood flow? At any reasonable tension, it exerts no more pressure than one’s underpants.
I am unconfortable without my seatbelt in the car. The same goes on an airplane. It's only a matter of getting used to it.
Re: NTSB: Cloud shot up vertically in front of plane before turbulence
#33Having had a similar experience over the alps on air italia, this is why I never ever undo my belt unless I have to. The sign went on and 5 seconds later I felt myself physically leave the seat as we hit the worst turbulence I had ever felt. I rediscovered my appreciation for the rosary that day.
Not being Catholic, I looked up 'the rosary'.
Which lasted longer...it, or the turbulence?
https://www.theholyrosary.org/howtoprayrosary (for example) was an interesting read, as was your comment.
Re: NTSB: Cloud shot up vertically in front of plane before turbulence
#34When they tell you to try to keep your seatbelts on at all times they are not kidding. I am sure some of the injuries were people like the quoted woman, people that had to take off their seatbelts to move around the cabin, but probably some of them were people that just unbuckled their seatbelts to feel more comfortable.
I have never understood the claim that seatbelts are uncomfortable. Are y’all cinching them down so hard it cuts off blood flow? At any reasonable tension, it exerts no more pressure than one’s underpants.
Depends on your underpants. I've never used a seatbelt that exerted as little pressure as Uniqlo Airism underpants.
(I'm neither large not squirmy, so seatbelts don't bother me in the slightest.)
Re: NTSB: Cloud shot up vertically in front of plane before turbulence
#35When they tell you to try to keep your seatbelts on at all times they are not kidding. I am sure some of the injuries were people like the quoted woman, people that had to take off their seatbelts to move around the cabin, but probably some of them were people that just unbuckled their seatbelts to feel more comfortable.
I have never understood the claim that seatbelts are uncomfortable. Are y’all cinching them down so hard it cuts off blood flow? At any reasonable tension, it exerts no more pressure than one’s underpants.
Yes, they are uncomfortable, if your butt tries to invade the next seat. If you sit properly, with a straight back and your bum at the end (or the start?) of your seat then you can sit like this for hours. Or until you start to lose your legs crammed in the back of next seat, but that is unavoidable for tall people.
People just don't know how to sit (properly), because nobody ever explained them nor they listened.
Re: NTSB: Cloud shot up vertically in front of plane before turbulence
#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have never understood the claim that seatbelts are uncomfortable. Are y’all cinching them down so hard it cuts off blood flow? At any reasonable tension, it exerts no more pressure than one’s underpants.
I am unconfortable without my seatbelt in the car. The same goes on an airplane. It's only a matter of getting used to it.
It's was quite amusing for me to understand what I'm trying to find a seatbelt in the cinema.
Re: NTSB: Cloud shot up vertically in front of plane before turbulence
#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
I am unconfortable without my seatbelt in the car. The same goes on an airplane. It's only a matter of getting used to it.
It's was quite amusing for me to understand what I'm trying to find a seatbelt in the cinema.
There’s this 4DX theater nearby, that has moving seats. The experience is quite fun, but let me tell you, I wish those seats had seatbelts. Not because I’m going flying, but it vibrates enough to keep me slipping out of my seat.
Re: NTSB: Cloud shot up vertically in front of plane before turbulence
#38this is a very strange description and hard to believe.
like, some little white fluffy cloud, shaped like stuffed teddy doggo, is just sitting there, and then decides to shoot upwards at lightning speed for no or some reason, like a UFO?
ok. strange things happen. but i'd def be drug-testing the pilot.
also, the timelines seem weird. like when people who get into car collisions are like, 'they came out of nowhere, so i honked my horn, then i turned my wheel, and then' -- you did what?
you honked your horn? instead of taking evasive action? that was the first thing you thought to do? yell at some driver for attempting to kill you when you could have taken evasive action instead? you thought, hey, let me take the next two or three seconds to honk my horn, knowing that impact is certain within two to three seconds if i don't take immediate evasive action? maybe you were worried about your insurance instead of living? i get it, in america, even minor inicents can result in a literal death spiral, but this whole incident sounds off. maybe it's just the description. or maybe this is the AP Pilots or Meteorology feed.
Re: NTSB: Cloud shot up vertically in front of plane before turbulence
#39In a glider being towed through rotor to reach wave, you learn to tighten your shoulder straps to keep your head from bouncing off the canopy.
One of my batteries disconnected in a big bump.
In airliners it happens that people bounce off the ceiling and crash back down. Even if you have loosened your seatbelt for comfort, it will keep you from bouncing off the ceiling.
0g will have loose objects floating. -.25g will have them on the way to the ceiling. The autopilot will react quickly to restore 1g and bring everything and everybody back down.
Re: NTSB: Cloud shot up vertically in front of plane before turbulence
#40I'm assuming that it shot up farther than expected rather than out of nothing at all.