Originally Posted by
Steve1968
I land and depart with box 2 on 121.500 on all the time and only the other day i heard an aircraft being cleared to land at Schiphol whilst in the cruise,( followed by the bollocking he got for not changing to tower ) seems pretty logical to keep it on below 10000 rather than turn it off as tower have access to this frequency at the push of a button.
Not in the UK, in my experience: the dedicated distress & diversion agencies will be, but normal operational staff will be dealing with their frequencies, not listening out on 121.5 just in case. Other countries may differ, of course.