DVT has added another aspect to this debate. On the on hand, being a bumpy ride (or worse), we were always encouraging the pax to stay seated with seatbelt tightly fitted, yet on the other hand we are now staring down the barrel at DVT lawsuits and have consequently been put in the position of having to encourage the pax to regularly take a walk and stretch. Of course this increases the risks to pax if and when we encounter CAT etc.
One has to ask the inevitable question,where does this leave us ?
We do not have, and I beleive probably never will have the ability to predict all turbulence, and we do actively engage in avoidance wherever possible, but there are always going to be incidences where we cannot 'see' it, which is where the lawyers are inevitably going to become involved.
Any takers??