Of course they work!

Attention all airmen, there's a possibility that, somewhere within this geographical area a third the size of the entire country, there may or may not be turbulence and/or dangerous convective activity, or not, maybe. You have been warned.



If its 1960 you could say hey, it's better than nothing, and get your navigator to plot it for you etc. In modern times its an obsolete relic that belongs in a museum right next to a sextant and cockpit ashtrays.

There is much better information available now, and we're the only segment of aviation that not only doesn't embrace it, we go out of our way to resist it. Its long overdue. Especially in the era of billion dollar quarterly profits and lighting 6 Billion dollars on fire just to labor can't get it.

I use them all the time on long flights. Generally they correspond to turbulent areas on the aloft charts. So you have strength of bumps and altitude. I look at it compared to our route on the aloft chart and if it's near us, I plot it on rte 2. Smooth ride when everyone is sleeping is my goal.

You probably don't do your TPS reports either...I've been waiting on those.

I thought the same thing. Even downwind, 20nm should be more than enough.

And on those strong jetstream days, don't forget to stay 150-200+ miles clear of clouds.

I request the latest TP's when I enter a new geographical area (Europe, NA, Eastern Canada ...) I plot them if it looks like we'll go through them. This process, however, can take a good 10 minutes.

If they uplinked to Route 2 -- and only the ones affecting your route -- a lot more guys would use them.

Someday

Same category as you FTB; I think your dazed and confused state left a mark, which explains why when I got my GS call at a similar hour the scheduler, after telling me who was calling and why, quickly added, "I'll give you a moment to gather yourself. Please let me know when you're ready to hear what I have to say." Huh? Did I sound that out of it when I answered? Oh, yeah, I must have because I meant to let that go to voicemail.

WSJ: Oil Futures Signal Weak Prices Could Last for Years

Bigger profits headed our way, unless of course our "smart" people found a way to lock in paying 50% more for fuel than we otherwise would.

With the bankruptcy history behind us and how much Delta pilots gave up, how anyone can justify taking so little when the company is so flush is bewildering.

On my plane, the thunderstorm at the departure airport is standing next to the storm on my route which is connected to the one sitting on top of my destination. Short routes.

My TPS reports were rejected because of my cover sheet.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/delta-...191526374.html




There goes a few millions.

Much like today, We were routinely dispatched into "red" with no APU. See, same old stuff, nothin' changes over there. You have to know that the Co. is batspit over having to pay PS.....