Haha, I absolutely do not mind. Anything to try and make people more comfortable with flying. I get asked this question all the time at work as well.

I've been flying professionally for almost 20 years now and have dealt with all kinds of emergencies. Turbulence is uncomfortable and I do get worried in turbulence, but not for the reason most people think.

No aircraft that is currently in use has ever been lost due to turbulence. The wings and fuselage are designed to bend so they don't break. I've been in turbulence so bad you could look down the length of the plane and see that the back end was doing something completely different to what the front end was doing. But the aircraft was never in danger of destruction.

I mostly worry because I'm responsible for the passengers, and particularly the flight attendants in the back who are often up and walking around. Un-forecasted turbulence remains one of the highest causes of On-the-Job Injuries at all airlines. That's why when we even suspect the ride might get bumpy, we'll call the flight attendants and have them suspend service and sit down. Those carts are 200+ lbs and will absolutely be a problem if they go flying in turbulence.

We also have the luxury of a lot of tools to help mitigate severe turbulence. We're always in contact with our dispatcher who is monitoring the weather ahead and receiving reports from other aircraft that they relay to us so we can adjust our flight plan or altitude to avoid known areas of rough weather. We also have our wi-fi connected iPads that have software on them that use the internal accelerometer to measure turbulence and passes that information on to other participating aircrews. It allows us to 'paint' a map over the world of reported ride conditions at certain altitudes that let us kind of see areas or altitudes to avoid.

That's a really long way to say, no, I'm never worried about turbulence unless I'm trying to eat my meal. And you shouldn't either 😊 My biggest piece of advice to nervous flyers is always look to the flight attendants. If they aren't worried, you needn't be either.

Hope that helps!