Less than Good experience on SQ out of Dubai

[SCM]

Here's the issue.. When passengers on the SQ flight were knocked around because of turbulence the lawyers blamed the airline because they should have been more cautious (it seems) and should have made people sit with seatbelts on at the slightest hint of turbulence. It cost them a fortune, so we get what we deserve.

This is a matter to the Singaporean government to deal with, and deal with it they should. Other airlines (like Qatar) clearly don't care.

 

[jb747]

With the dozens of flight leaving dubai, many heading in the same direction, you’d expect any major issues of turbulence to be reported between pilots?

Pilots rarely report anything to each other. Well, other than Americans, and they just yabber over any frequency. Most of the time, aircraft radios will be tuned to ATC, and their frequency is not for general chat. Nor, is the most common other frequency, which is for SAR and emergencies. Basically, you’re all big boys, and are expected to be able to read your own radar, or the weather forecasts.

If there were reports of turbulence, fair enough. But there was also no communication from the flight deck.

It doesn’t sound well managed, and I’ll bet it comes back to some edict from on high. I’d be curious too, to see what effect covid had on the pilot list at SQ. I know that it removed a lot of the expat experience (possibly all) from the ME airlines, and I wasn’t happy with them in the first place.

99% of other airlines other than qantas will use the seatbelt sign as a precaution for passengers, not crew.

The QF system seemed to work perfectly well, with the signs on rarely, and only when needed. I really can’t see why this is so hard for others to do, and it really makes me wonder about the rest of their operation.

They think crew can manage to walk around safely, but not a little old man. Or a parent nursing an infant. What is the appropriate command when it is safe for 95% of pax to be moving around, but a tiny few might have difficulty?

You can’t differentiate. It’s acceptable or it’s not. The medical status of a passenger isn’t part of the equation.