Actually that was what I was asking. Should have been more clear. AA has a long history of flying into severe turbulence. Several years ago at a industry function(relayed to me by the head of meteorology at NWA) the then VP of flight ops at AA was very impressed with our TP program and our very low rate of inflight injuries due to turbulence. Our guy said that he could draft a proposal and get it to them. AA VP gets ****ed and says it should be free as its safety related and the airlines always share when it comes to that. Our guy responds that having your own in-house meteorology dept is expensive vs just buying your weather info from "weather is us" Wonder how much money in injuries and damaged aircraft over the years this would have saved AA. Btw, both CAL and LUV over the years did purchase the info. Not sure if they still do.
Originally Posted by
iceman49
Was there a TP issued for that area prior to the AA event?