How Pilots and Scientists Are Thinking About the Future of Air Travel | WIRED

It's not just you—in-flight turbulence really is getting worse. WIRED spoke with pilot Andrea Themely and atmospheric scientist Dr. Paul Williams about why conditions are becoming more severe and how the scientific and commercial aviation communities are approaching the future of air travel.



If you want to check out Dr. Williams' work, click here: http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/\~williams



Pilotbrief byThe Weather Company helps pilots and crew visualize weather and possible turbulence along flight plans in one interactive dashboard to help make more informed flight decisions: https://www.ibm.com/weather/industries/aviation



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Director: Katherine Wzorek

Director of Photography: Jack Belisle

Editor: Richard Trammell

Expert: Andrea Themely; Dr. Paul Williams

Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi

Associate Producer: Kameryn Hamilton

Production Manager: D. Eric Martinez

Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila

Camera Operator: Rahil Ashruff

Gaffer: Mar Alfonso

Production Assistant: Caleb Clark

Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch

Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant

Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen

Additional Editor: Paul Tael

Assistant Editor: Andy Morell; Courtney Karwal

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