Cheap (?) and nasty (?) issued to our Pilots
A/C modded from fixed headsets (wipes, ear piece covers in crew room) to personal issue N/R sets. We in Ops hold stocks to replace defective sets, and you guessed it loaners for fogotten / lost sets. (Stores function, but thats a thread creep)
Got less than 25 757's and what a ballache it is!
Cheap(?) sets that break on their own.
Biggest ballache.................. I think I left my H/S on G-**** four days ago has it turned up? or 10 mins before dep I haven't got my H/S it's not in my case.
License..............................£75K required
Passport............................£100+ required
Specs................................£99 for two pairs required
All out of the personal pocket
Look on the Pilots face when the Company recommends H/S insurance against loss etc as you are liable for the personal issue kit..........................
Priceless!
Guess you may spend about £300-500 nowdays for a good David Clarke or other, I don't know, but I bet few of them are lost, are firmly etched with a name. Yet my lots issued headsets are eched with an issue No., given to the recipient and never recorded by the owner.
Oh the scraps when we have more than 1 H/S found and held in Ops.
Still it will never change.
Bored