http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...hreadid=188874
This was discussed in some detail on the Private Flying forum a few months back where I stirred up a bit of 'a heated debate'. I've also seen comments on the Military forum lambasting us airline types for not monitoring 121.5 well enough.
I don't see how the ATC controllers saying they welcome training calls on Guard has any relevance. The problem is that important calls are missed and volumes turned way down every time someone starts gabbing on Guard. Some summer weekends above the UK it gets ridiculous.
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