torquemada60
I am a fellow frequent flyer and also have flown a few hundred hours in small aeroplanes.
Turbulence is uncomfortable and I really don't like moderate turbulence or above.
But I'd would say it always feels worse in the cabin than it really is, becuase we do not have anything to occupy our minds in the same way pilots do.
For example, I was flying a small plane in the UK a few years ago on a lovely summer day and after landing, was surprised when my wife (who was not scared by turb) remarked what a bumpy day it had been. I never even noticed as I was flying, navigating and talking on the radio.
SNSGuppy is honest when he says that sometimes aircraft are destroyed by turbulence, but he also says it is infrequent and rarely in the airline sector.
Lessons were learned in the 1960s that make air travel very safe today - if you can get 411A to add his comments, he is someone with flying experience back to those days.
When I learned of AF447, a chill ran through me, too, but life has to go on and flying is really very safe and generally comofrtable.
All the best.