EasyJet: severe turbulence injures crew
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EasyJet: severe turbulence injures crew
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EasyJet flight crew ?hit the ceiling? leaving one with a fractured hip after heavy turbulence - UK - News - The Independent
Terror as turbulence on easyJet flight leaves steward unconscious and another with 'broken hip' | Mail Online
Must be bad if it was reported in the Daily Mail .... not seen any reports in any of the aviation blogs
EasyJet flight crew ?hit the ceiling? leaving one with a fractured hip after heavy turbulence - UK - News - The Independent
Terror as turbulence on easyJet flight leaves steward unconscious and another with 'broken hip' | Mail Online
Must be bad if it was reported in the Daily Mail .... not seen any reports in any of the aviation blogs
The flight from Gatwick on Monday was originally travelling to Naples, but the captain decided to divert the plane’s flight path and land in Rome in order to avoid heavy thunderstorms close to Naples.
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Oh come on you're not seriously suggesting the crew were selling to make a couple of pence commission whilst flying in turbulence.
From the reports whatever happened happened quickly without warning. As flight crew we spend a lot of the time avoiding the chop so we can maintain a safe and comfortable flight for passengers.
The service and sales does aspect does not cross my mind. In late summer in Europe you can get many storms which you navigate around.
If you're downwind of them then you can get a little chop and there's always a risk of turbulence associated with the topography. Remember thunderstorms need a lifting action in order to form, and in many occasions that lifting action is the hills. The area is pretty hilly.
Further more this aircraft was in decent to NAP. The cabin crew would have been in the cabin preparing it for landing and not selling.
There have been many incidents of crew been injured in turbulence during a service working for airlines the crew don't earn commission on. So your suggestion they got injured trying to sell is offensive and very cynical.
From the reports whatever happened happened quickly without warning. As flight crew we spend a lot of the time avoiding the chop so we can maintain a safe and comfortable flight for passengers.
The service and sales does aspect does not cross my mind. In late summer in Europe you can get many storms which you navigate around.
If you're downwind of them then you can get a little chop and there's always a risk of turbulence associated with the topography. Remember thunderstorms need a lifting action in order to form, and in many occasions that lifting action is the hills. The area is pretty hilly.
Further more this aircraft was in decent to NAP. The cabin crew would have been in the cabin preparing it for landing and not selling.
There have been many incidents of crew been injured in turbulence during a service working for airlines the crew don't earn commission on. So your suggestion they got injured trying to sell is offensive and very cynical.
Oh come on you're not seriously suggesting the crew were selling to make a couple of pence commission whilst flying in turbulence.
From the reports whatever happened happened quickly without warning
Further more this aircraft was in decent to NAP. The cabin crew would have been in the cabin preparing it for landing and not selling.
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EasyJet hits severe turbulence
Terror as turbulence on easyJet flight leaves steward unconscious and another with 'broken hip' | Mail Online
severe turbulence on easyJet honeymoon leaves one steward unconscious and another with 'broken hip' after they were flung at plane ceiling
severe turbulence on easyJet honeymoon leaves one steward unconscious and another with 'broken hip' after they were flung at plane ceiling
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Well, y'know, cabin crew are (almost) always advised to be seated, cease service etc with anticipated turbulence. Trouble is, importance is given to customer service....paramountly. And tech crew PA's ignored.
In the "olden days", when the Captain was in charge, a PA to be seated was adhered to. Time to revisit those times? Worked well.......
In the "olden days", when the Captain was in charge, a PA to be seated was adhered to. Time to revisit those times? Worked well.......
The cabin crew were securing the cabin during the descent when the turbulence hit. The Captain had just illuminated the fasten seatbelt signs and asked the crew to prepare the cabin for landing, as per SOP.
All real cabin crew (there seems to be a lot of wannabes with a big mouth here) have been through bad weather and 99% of the time the turbulence is light to moderate. And anyone who has been flying more than two days knows that it is very hard to predict turbulence accurately. This is an unfortunate incident and it will be interesting to read the CAA's report.
I work for EZY and our pilots are very good when it comes to cabin safety. We have excellent CRM and if they feel there is a risk they will tell us to be seated immediately over the PA.
All real cabin crew (there seems to be a lot of wannabes with a big mouth here) have been through bad weather and 99% of the time the turbulence is light to moderate. And anyone who has been flying more than two days knows that it is very hard to predict turbulence accurately. This is an unfortunate incident and it will be interesting to read the CAA's report.
I work for EZY and our pilots are very good when it comes to cabin safety. We have excellent CRM and if they feel there is a risk they will tell us to be seated immediately over the PA.
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Excellent post from justnightstopping
Any PA from the flight deck telling cabin crew to be immediately seated at easyJet would be taken very seriously and carried out immediately.
Any PA from the flight deck telling cabin crew to be immediately seated at easyJet would be taken very seriously and carried out immediately.