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Gonna be a bumpy road ahead for some pilots - few on here affected I expect

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/04/09/buckle-up-climate-change-will-double-turbulence-on-transatlantic-flights-nature-study-says/

"...The study, which is published in the journal Nature Climate Change, showed that by the middle of this century, the amount of airspace containing significant clear air turbulence is most likely to double. The average strength of the turbulence will also increase by between 10 per cent and 40 per cent.

Dr Williams said: “Thirty thousand feet above our heads, the jet stream is being accelerated, which is having a destabilising effect that is making air turbulence more likely to form............"

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