Originally Posted by
Capn Bloggs
Has any aircraft blown itself up doing an HF check while it was refuelling?
Probably not, but Airbus say "HF must not be used during refueling or transfer operation" so I don't. I usually do the HF check when the doors are closing when departing from remote places so I'm not struggling to try and get taxi calls and departure calls heard on the same frequency as Mumbai when taxiing. I've never considered the issue of causing danger to nearby refuelling aircraft as there are not usually any doing so. That said, if it was an issue, then I imagine that it would be prohibited.
Is causing danger to another aircraft on the ramp via an HF call a left over war time hand me down wisdom (like birds and radars) that may have been true once but is now obsolete?