737 Pilot,
Ask and you shall receive:
Northwest's Turbulence Plot (TP) system has given Northwest the best turbulence avoidance system of all U.S. carriers, a fact that has been well documented. TWA's retired Chief Pilot Bob Buck known world- wide for his down-to-earth language on how-to-fly and related weather books, not to mention his deliberate thunderstorm and icing penetrations as safety-advancing research — calls the TP program "a program that is admired worldwide" and "(giving Northwest) the most enviable safety record as to turbulence in the industry." Painstaking, careful calculations — not wild guesswork — shows Northwest saves some $700,000 a year, more than $22 million in the 32 years since the system was developed. Well-documented cases demonstrate how, where and why others experienced fatal accidents while transgressing Northwest TP "do not fly" areas. This system was awarded Air Transport World's Airline Tech Management award in 1999.
See:
www.ll.mit.edu/AviationWeather/WW-10196.pdf/
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