Originally Posted by
illusion
What is rocket science is trying to workout where the frequency boundaries are. Back in the day they were clearly marked on a map.
back in the day everyone used to map and was more spatially aware of where they were going and what they are doing. Nowadays we seem to be playing with things inside the cockpit and not as observant. Just saying that technology is there to assist pilots and it is really easily implemented whether it is by changing the radiofrequency automatically or bring up an alert that you are coming into a different area and need to change frequency.
To make this even easier for some pilots, many radios now have dual watch which can monitor the active and the standby frequency at the same time. If you are transiting through and overflying an airfield en route somewhere you would of course be on the area frequency and the local CTAF at the same time. Having this done mainly automatically for you has gotta be some sort of benefit because there are a lot of pilots out there flying with tunnel vision.
Technology, when used correctly can be your friend ! having said all of this I saw on the news headlines this morning something about testing a truck in Melbourne today without a driver on the main roads. This was something that was science-fiction 20 years ago