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A319 captain reported first officer flying into turbulence resulting in an injured flight attendant. First officer was unaware of option to deviate clear of cloud
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1587192 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201810 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Type 1450 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
Descending into ZZZ we were getting vectored off the arrival for an approach. The first officer (first officer) flew through a small buildup that seemed fairly benign. Unfortunately there was enough vertical development to create an automatic moderate turbulence report. I didn't want to dictate how the first officer flew the arrival; but thought we should have deviated a few hundred yards around this little cloud. While I expected a little turbulence; I certainly didn't think it would be that strong. On debrief; the first officer seemed unaware that we didn't have to fly directly into the cloud and could have maneuvered a little.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A319 Captain reported First Officer flying into turbulence resulting in an injured Flight Attendant. First Officer was unaware of option to deviate clear of cloud
Narrative: Descending into ZZZ we were getting vectored off the arrival for an approach. The First Officer (FO) flew through a small buildup that seemed fairly benign. Unfortunately there was enough vertical development to create an automatic moderate turbulence report. I didn't want to dictate how the FO flew the arrival; but thought we should have deviated a few hundred yards around this little cloud. While I expected a little turbulence; I certainly didn't think it would be that strong. On debrief; the FO seemed unaware that we didn't have to fly directly into the cloud and could have maneuvered a little.
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