Who's Listening in the Gulf?
Yo, GOMERS!
Is it true there are no common frequencies assigned to particular sectors of the GOM so that all operators zipping around in that particular sector are all on one unique frequency making landing/departure calls to alert all the other guys (and gals) that are doing their share of the rat killing in that sector?
Someone tried to convince me that each operator uses their own frequency and thus you could have several aircraft in the same small area or field and they are not talking to each other. Is that so?
Surely not....I hope. My alcohol ravaged brain tells me that on the North Sea , the place was divided into sectors and everyone wound up on the same VHF frequency thus allowing for a free flow of information between aircraft. Works magic to keep everyone from close encounters of the unpreferred kind. It was not fool proof but it sure worked better than the free for all I had described to me today.
Gomex, GLS, Hippo...need some help on this one too!