It's not just you—inflight 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/industrie...

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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
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Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila
Camera Operator: Rahil Ashruff
Gaffer: Mar Alfonso
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Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
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Assistant Editor: Andy Morell; Courtney Karwal

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