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Doug Taylor · November 11th, 2004, 22:54

As far as I remember, it's usually "...moderate turbulence reported at one-six thousand by a Beech Baron" unless I'm imagining things.

But considering the average pilots knowledge of what light/moderate/severe turbulence/chop, you've really got to use your judgement and make a decision.

You can err on the side of safety by building an expanded team of people to build a picture of the situation or you can throw caution to the wind and hope it's not really the faa-definition of moderate/severe turbulence and press on.

November 11th, 2004, 22:54	#22
Doug Taylor Agent Smith Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: KSDL Posts: 41,094 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Severe Turbulence As far as I remember, it's usually "...moderate turbulence reported at one-six thousand by a Beech Baron" unless I'm imagining things. But considering the average pilots knowledge of what light/moderate/severe turbulence/chop, you've really got to use your judgement and make a decision. You can err on the side of safety by building an expanded team of people to build a picture of the situation or you can throw caution to the wind and hope it's not really the faa-definition of moderate/severe turbulence and press on.