Originally Posted by
JoeyMeatballs
we got in around 1130, we hit the worst around cruise (FL240 or so), the F/O came on and said we were going to go through Severe Turb, you could hear the concern in his voice, my stomach def sank a little.
These planes are strong but when you taxi behind one and bumps on the runway cause the tail to shake, I could only imagine what Severe does. I also remember hearing a MX guy tell me how the Cables get frayed every now and then from stress( dunno how true it is)
Turb def makes me very concerned
I'd just left there about 20 minutes before you got there then. I failed to mention that the way in was okay, but we got torn up on the way out.
You're telling me about turbulence...This aircraft type had a wing separate at one point due to a cracked wing spar. An AD came out to reinforce the spar, but even after that you look out there at the wings flexing with each bump thinking "Huh..."
Come to think of it, when's recall again? :P