Not a rumor,
we got a message from german ATC two years ago, distributed to all pilots of the company, saying that in the future, captains might be charged with all the costs involved because of the too many unnecessary scrambles in European airspace. Basically, the message was accusing us of being "unprofessional"....no comment.
Besides this, thank you for the numerous replies, including yours f*** (you will recognize yourself).
In the event of a loss of comms in Europe, our company sent a message to some ATC agencies and an ACARS message is sent asap when one of our aircraft is experiencing loss of comms. This IMHO is the best solution to our problems.
I enjoyed the american reply about "real emergencies, beer calls and baseball results"..
Thanks to all.
