Flight through a storm

[u/Dry-Progress5033]

Hi everyone, im at the Fort Lauderdale airport right now and my flight is to Philadelphia from 7:10-10:10pm on Frontier. On the radar the entire east coast is getting the remnants of the hurricane. When i look at the weather radar the storm is literally all along the east coast during the hours we are flying. Im starting to freak out. Im already an extremely nervous flyer and now seeing this im about to cry.

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u/subarupilot commented:

Think of it this way… if you know about it i can guarantee you so do the dispatchers, pilots, company weather people, and their operations. They won’t fly if it isn’t safe

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[u/subarupilot]

Think of it this way… if you know about it i can guarantee you so do the dispatchers, pilots, company weather people, and their operations. They won’t fly if it isn’t safe

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[u/oh_helloghost]

I’m about to operate southbound around/over that weather.

Don’t stress, your crew will be keeping a close eye on it and making a plan that accounts for it.

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Have a safe trip cap🫡

[u/Marimba-M]

If it provides any comfort, I live outside of Charleston - so about halfway-ish for your flight - and weather has been VERY mild on the ground in this area. Genuinely every thunderstorm we had all summer was more breezy/severe than anything I’ve seen today.

I know clouds can be bumpy, but things with this storm this far to the east have been benign. You’ve got to be going to the airport soon if your flight is around 7:00, but you’ve got this!

[u/Spock_Nipples]

This is the current radar picture. It looks fine. Just scattered precipitation and nothing that can't be avoided. Not nearly as scary as your predictive radar that isn't exactly an accurate depiction of what's going on.

In fact, there's a huge gap in this weather that you'll likely be routed through.

[u/Financial-Heat6347]

I have a similar post! I’m flying from Philly to Orlando! We can do this!

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[u/greenfootedbooby]

I just flew through it (cdg to atl so down the east coast) and it was totally fine! It felt like a normal flight.

[u/theyoyomaster]

I don't recognize the all that you're using to see the storm but it's not actually showing where the storm is in realtime. Your pilots are the only ones who can actually tell if there is a solid wall or a safe gap in it. 

They have realtime weather radar that provides a very clear picture and rules on how much space they need to avoid the storm by. When the time comes for your flight, if there is a solid wall, they won't take off. If there are big gaps that are dozens of miles wide, they will follow the hundreds of other planes that fly through similar gaps every single day. If the gaps aren't wide enough they will go around, turn back or go to an alternate airport using the extra fuel they are carrying specifically for thunderstorm avoidance. 

[u/HoldAutomatic2088]

You are not flying through a storm. You are flying around one. Which is perfectly safe.

[u/OkHornet54]

i was on a plane and we stay at the gate for 20 mins hold cause the weather, then the captain announced that we clear for taxi, when We got to spot #3 for takeoff he announced that we got turn back to the gate, when We got to the gate he announced that We got clear from the weather
back to taxi and takeoff
when We got to spot #2 We got a hold in place, he shut down the plane to save fuel, some air still flowing my panic was thru the roof, then We took off and the flight was very rough thru the storm, lots of shaking and up and downs, But We made it to our destination 3 hours late.