General aviation pilot here. I fly a bonanza in the flight levels regularly. There are plenty more data sources than just PIREPS, even in general aviation. Foreflight on an iPad, combined with and ADS-B receiver and a SirrusXM WX subscription are all in active use in my little 40 year old airplane. I say this as an avid Delta frequent flyer, but I highly doubt Delta's competitors are only using PIREPS to navigate turbulence.
This article sounds like an ad, but in any case cutting cost and achieving higher customer satisfaction are all good things so props to Delta for that.<p>However, I have to wonder why the article makes it seem like only Delta is using data for turbulence avoidance and not other big players. Is this a relatively new thing when it comes to Big Data in airlines?<p>Edit: This is an ad after all<p>> This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers
As someone who holds a commercial pilots license but works in software development, I'd love to find a hybrid job solving problems I'm aviation with tech.
I got to tour Delta's OCC (and met the same weather dude with all the screens—nice setup). I didn't know whether their approach was unique among airlines but I did learn that their weather modeling is indeed more accurate than The Weather Company.<p>Since I was there on a calm day so the big wall screens (shown on the header of the article) were showing a Basketball game... :)
Delta is infamous for reporting “light chop” and seeking other flight levels. It doesn’t just make for a more comfortable flight, it’s good for airframe maintenance to boot.
Why is an advertorial with a lot of hyperbole and very little content on the frontpage? I am an aviation enthusiast and I'm sure we could find better sources about this subject.
Now if Delta could only keep their systems online to avoid ground stops. I think it's been two of the last three Autumns that they've experienced major outages.
I have no idea what they're referring to in terms of app or model, but Foreflight (most common EFB app on the market at the moment) has had this feature for maybe a year and is IPad only... So is this just a huge Delta ad there they're basically saying "yay, we use Foreflight"?