Originally Posted by DFC
The abuse of 121.50 in he UK as a general training frequency needs to stop.
Do people have to make an actual call just to see that the system works?
No.
DFC
Er, yes.
I am a 34 hour UK PPL who is now very happy to talk to anyone on the radio - very different to when I was at 10 hours who was asked to contact 121.5 for a practice pan. After just talking to AFIS and A/G, actually talking to a "real" controller was quite a scary thought
A couple of practice Pans later, I was at ease and would use the frequency if I was in any sort of trouble. Without the practice pan calls, I can quite imagine trying to talk myself out of calling them.
RK