Do You Enjoy The Seat Belt Sign?

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Re: Do You Enjoy The Seat Belt Sign?

Postby Rich H » Sun Aug 17, 2008 3:41 am

Yesterday, I came back on an easy jet Airbus A319 from Toulouse, Blagnac. Even though we flew through turbulence, the seatbelts sign was not turned on.
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Re: Do You Enjoy The Seat Belt Sign?

Postby bin801 » Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:48 am

[quote]I was noticing last year on a flight home from France that I did indeed love turbulence! Something about the *Bing* and the subsequent energy that arises in the cabin makes me excited. I think it makes the flight more enjoyable to be bumping through clouds and shaking about the cabin.
I even got the chance to experience turbulence while standing as I was making my way back to my seat from the toilet while in Nice Cote D'Azur. I love it!
My friends found it strange that I could find such an uneasy event to be so enjoyable, but I think now that I know so much about aviation I understand that it is just miniscule!
Just wanted to know what other think
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Re: Do You Enjoy The Seat Belt Sign?

Postby bin801 » Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:53 am

I don't mind turbulence, and there's always someone near me who's scared (BTW, watch the men more closely and you will see some of them are just as scared as the women who openly show their discomfort), but I ignore the seatbelt sign because I keep it fastened from pushback to parking.

I make it tight for takeoff, landing, and serious turbulence, but leave it on, at least loosely, unless I have to get up, which I avoid doing.

There's such a thing as unforecast, unreported clear-air turbulence at the FLs, and it can kill you if you're not strapped in.

http://airsafe.com/events/turb.htm

Hey, me too, keep the seat belt fasten from pushback to parking. haha ;D
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Re: Do You Enjoy The Seat Belt Sign?

Postby bin801 » Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:56 am

I want ask pilots, how does the seatbelt sign auto work?
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