Originally Posted by
madmax757
pretty standard practice (AIM) is to deviate around severe thunderstorms by 20 miles . Looks like they went right into a severe weather or in the tops. The 330-900 is nearly new and has radar for dummies . Looks like gross negligence to me.
I have had the radar on the A330-900 fail passive so to speak and simply not paint anything.
It would also often be a battle with the flight attendants who wanted to be up at 14,000 feet starting the service when you had a forecast for mountain wave and turbulence. I would hold them down until we cleared the Rockies but it created friction. More than once I had flight attendants get up when I told them to stay seated until I called them.