Originally Posted by
wiggy
Ummm well even though I was dragged up on a council estate I know the Football World Cup is held every four years so what other sporting event that is of interest across the world is implicated in the misuse of 121.5 - Rugby World Cup?
The European Football Championships aka the Euros? Held two years after (or before, depending on how you look at it) the World Cup. Hence these threads popping up every two years.
By the way, I'm not into football myself but if a pilot came onto the P.A. and announced the result of a live sports fixture I
was interested in, I'd be livid... because I'd be recording it on the DVR at home to watch later. It's not the 1970s any more!
As for using 121.5 to share the news around, well as humble pax it's not my place to comment, which is just as well as words fail me.