Inadvertent transmission on 121.5 is just that and there is no solution to it.
A student pilot shouldn't be making a Training Fix call to 'verify' his position he should be making a Pan Lost call. This is the cancer that so annoys me. TRAINING fix - what does that imply to you? It implies to me that you know exactly where you are and wish to practice an r/t procedure. Unless a student is specifically instructed on his pre-solo brief to conduct such a practice then he or she should not be doing so. Frankly.
The evidence of the dangers of airliners not monitoring guard are numerous and self evident. God help the hapless GA pilot in a remote area outside range of D&D who COULD have been helped or relayed by an airliner above IF ONLY the pilot had not deselected 121.5 half an hour ago because some lying PPL was 'unsure of his postion' WHATEVER THE HECK THAT MEANS?!
Do you think scrambling fighters into congested airways poses no risk to flight safety? Do you think the masses of r/t and ATC Officer time consumed by an airliner going off frequency and NOT monitoring guard is anything other than to the detriment of flight safety. Its happening every day of every week and the reason is that 121.5 in the UK is grossly overused and ABUSED by the PPL community.
Frankly I think most PPLs think it interesting and stimulating to make a call to D&D. I know I used to get a kick out of it when I was a PPL and an Instrutor. But its really not necessary half the time and the other half its someone lost who is trying to disguise the fact with the bogus use of the words Training Fix.
An effective solution would be to change D&D procedure and make their intial response to a Training Fix call to be "Roger triangulation in process please state your position". In the case of a genuine Training Fix being required the student, PPL or instructor would respond "Position approx 2 miles North of Gloucester". D&D would then confirm that "your fix position indicated 4 miles North North West of Gloucester".
Either that or there would be an embarassed silence followed by a Pan call...
You don't get banned for saying horse!!!! - its a mild expletive that doesn't even generate asterisks and it accurately reflects my contempt of the defence of the ever increasing abuse of the Training Fix.
This is a flight safety issue.
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