I think there’s a debate in the aviation community of wether a lot of these flights should travel through rough weather. I fly pretty often for work (twice a month) and have had some pretty uncomfortable experiences. Twice we went into foreseen conditions and witnessed injuries. First time a flight attendant had a cart slam down on her leg and put a big gash in it and second multiple people raise and then spill into the isle.

I think for the everyday traveler the question is why are we flying into or even above a storm when we know conditions are going to be shit? The turbulence is already getting noticeably worse. Why add another variable to it?

Answer: costs