🛫 From Seat 36K and 36L – This Week’s Pilot Answers to Real Passenger Questions

This week questions from our Premium Economy Class anxious flyers asking about the “what if”...

LESSONS FROM THE FLIGHT DECK 💺

Welcome back! Each month, I answer real questions from nervous flyers because knowledge is the best antidote to aviation anxiety. From mysterious sounds to unexpected sensations, I’m here to explain what’s really happening up there with clarity and calm.

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👇 This Week’s Questions:

💬 Question #1: “During descent, I felt this weird vibration through the whole plane, almost like a buffeting feeling. It lasted a few minutes then stopped. Was something wrong with the aircraft?”

✈️ Nothing wrong at all—what you felt was the speedbrakes (also called spoilers or flight spoilers) doing their job. Let me explain what’s happening and why we use them.

What are speedbrakes? or sometimes we call them airbrakes also…