Flight Attendants Face Significant Injury Risk From Turbulence

Patrick Veillette, Ph.D. April 20, 2020
According to Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, turbulence “is one of the highest causes of serious on-the-job injury to flight attendants.” She goes on to note that “the forces created in sudden clear-air turbulence can throw bodies and unsecure items forcefully...
Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.

Upon his retirement as a non-routine flight operations captain from a fractional operator in 2015, Dr. Veillette had accumulated more than 20,000 hours of flight experience in 240 types of aircraft—including balloons, rotorcraft, sea planes, gliders, war birds, supersonic jets and large commercial transports. He is an adjunct professor at Utah Valley University.

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