Originally Posted by ray cosmic
But that goes a bit against procedures of monitoring and confirming clearances with the other crewmember..
How is that so, if both are listening to ATC??
I still don't understand why these complainers can't simply listen to 121.5 at a lower volume than the main ATC volume, or turn it down / up again as required!!
IF all practice emergencies and training fixes
were stopped and the frequency became totally quiet, how would these pilots (possibly a little paranoid about being intercepted?) be sure that 121.5 was actually "live"? Surely this would result in crews having to do "radio checks" every few minutes?
Actually, the requests on the freq. for toilet emptying and re-rationing, made on the frequency by careless professional operators would negate the requirement, because the major cause of "extraneous r/t chatter" would still be there.....
