But what happened if CM2 has communication and then during flight he gives communication to the CM1 to take the ATIS. While CM1 has the communication, ATC gives him another frequency. CM1 Will use his own side RMP to tune the new frequency. Let's say he read back : 133.0 instead of 123.0 and ATC did not correct him. When he will set 133.0 he will erase the previous frequency and he won't have any communication since he misunderstood the new frequency. And now because CM2 was using his own side RMP, the crew can not confirm the frequency with the previous controller because they lost the previous frequency as it was overlapped by setting the new frequency from another RMP. I think that's one of the reasons we are doing it this way.
Originally Posted by
vilas
Even your neighbors both HK A/E do the standard way.
Haha! So you know who I work for! xD
Yes I wish I could do the standard way but like you said. I'm doing what I'm paid for. If I start doing it the standard way, some Fos will be nagging me about it and during a line check, the instructor would tap my fingers for sure! xD