Originally Posted by Gertrude the Wombat
Is that, I wonder, anything to do with the Double Diamond badge on their door?? - any real ale drinker would naturally assume that they had no taste in beer at all, and send them chocolates instead.
Cant stand bitter anyway
As regards what type of practice, from our point of view you are welcome to go for any type of practice emergency you see fit. The facility is there to be used, it doesnt say that you may only use it for a simple training fix. However be prepared to get binned off the freq sharpish if an emergency calls while you are doing your PP. As an aside if the emergency is on UHF 243.0 then you obviously wouldnt necessarily know why we were terminating the PP.
We are also very aware how much prolonged PP calls can antagonise CAT guys so we do try to stike a balance in how long we "allow" a longer PP call to go on for, but by all means please make use of the facility. I am learning to fly, (just did my QXC the other day) & I always try to do one each trip to help the guys training ...............
Regards
Diddley Dee