Originally Posted by
WHBM
A UK business colleague had previously spent some years sent over to run the New Zealand office. He had all the stories about turbulent approaches into Wellington. He said more than once participants in national business meetings arrived from elsewhere with injuries and bleeding from being rolled around against the cabin wall on approach. He said it was accepted as a fact of New Zealand life. If I'm not mistaken they have never had an accident there.
In the 1980s the radio had travel reports in the morning: road closures, congestion, that sort of thing. Sometimes Wellington Airport was closed, but often it was described as "marginal." As a then-nervous passenger, I think that is the last status I'd like to hear:
Captain Speaking: Well, it looks pretty sporty down there, but we'll give it a try--you never know. Hold on tight.