[Extremerecluse]

On an international flight from Detroit to Tokyo. 747-400. I am a commercial pilot, so I am always watching the flight status. We are an hour and 30 minutes into the flight. Winds are out of the east at around 70 mph. The flight crew is fishing for the strongest winds. Usually, the winds aloft are out of the west giving a strong headwind. A frontal boundary is causing this reversal. When a crew decides to fly along a frontal boundary the turbulence can get severe. So we fly directly into severe turbulence. This is a risk the crew decided to take. During this bronco busting ride, all food went sailing. Drinks also. We experienced negative 2 Gs. This is a very quick dive. Then we went about 2.5 Gs lateral. The lead flight attendant ordered her fellow attendants to secure themselves. They were in the middle of meal service. What happens when you are in a hurry; mistakes. I could here a very loud crash up forward. Many passengers got sick. After landing, I was almost at the exit door when I could see the flight attendant telling the cleaning technician about what happened. She told him the the entire contents of one wall of the galley came crashing to the floor. The technician stated he could not clean the flood in only 1.5 hours. So a flood occurs aboard a commercial airliner and it will not be cleaned in time. But wait a minute. This incident occurred 10 hours ago. And the galley floor is still flooded. Where did all of that fluid and other food matter go. Gravity is always reliable. It went down. Down where. To the lower bulkhead in puddles. Fluid in bulkheads starts corrosion, which causes cracks, which causes parts failures. The pilot in command was one of the first crewmembers off of the plane. How in the heck did he have time to go down below and then write up what happened? He didn't!!! You see. If an incident occurs in flight, it must be reported. You then must list the cause. Known flight into severe turbulence. Poor pilot judgement. No severe turbulence then no incident. Nobody sick. No food and drink on floor. No flight attendant holding onto her crew seat in state of terror. We all make decisions. Some good and some bad. This pilot screwed up intentionally. Actually, he had taken a risk. Do I avoid that turbulence and cost the airline $25000 in fuel costs or fly straight through it and save the airline $25000. Again, we all make decisions. I remember a flight from Los Angeles to Detroit. Each and every time the Delta pilot in command hit moderate turbulence he reduced power, thus reducing the severity to the crew and passengers. As we were getting of the aircraft, the captain was their. I made a comment "those throttles work good" He was confused. I then praised him for making good decisions about safety. He thanked me. That is the kind of decisions I expect from an airline Captain. That is why he is paid the big bucks!!! Will I fly Delta again? Not in the near future.