DEVIATE
GarageYears
Yes a slight misrepresentation -- and yes I know CB's are common. But every other flight deviated. Perhaps 447 did not deviate enough. But with all the glitches to me crystal clear the thunderstorm probably had "something to do" with the entire chain of events. The icing, the updrafts, the out of control climb. Something.
Every pilot I know says the same thing. Deviate, a lot.
I do not understand the casual dis-respect for the power of a thunderstorm.