Originally Posted by
hunterboy
except for the constant non relevant messages every 10 mins ! There was a lot to be said for HF in that it kept messaging to a minimum. I’d say the flight deck is a lot noisier with CPDLC especially across the North Atlantic.
When I flew LAX-HNL in the 1011, 1987-90, we monitored HF with SELCAL. If was a quiet flight deck except when the F/E made the required position reports.