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Old 20th Jun 2018, 08:32
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sonicbum
 
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The amount of useless talking on 121.5 is just plain ridiculous and makes me wonder what is the concept of aviation in some people's mind nowadays if they do think using an emergency comm for this kind of BS is acceptable. If You are flying short/medium haul You can wait till you land switch on your 3G and get all the results you need, amazing right ? If You are on long haul and are really eager to know what happened then ACARS/HF will be the deal and nobody will be pissed off. The 123.45 freq is an operational information frequency and should be used this way, not for chit chatting on how's life how's the roster as you can use your mobile/whatsapp/skype/whatever for that while sipping a beer and talking to your mate. If You are really bored during your flight, I am 100% sure there is something much more productive that you can do in a flight deck rather than whispering Franco on 121.5.
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