Radhaz and Avgas
Sitution; during overwing refuelling light piston a/c with avgas.
Problem; fueller was holding his 2 way radio in the same hand as the refuelling nozzle and was about to reply to it by leaning towards it and keying the TX with his other hand, the radio and the avgas nozzle being within about three inches of each other.
I asked him not to, he got stroppy, I inisted; he thankfully desisted but assured me his boss had said that this particular radio was OK in this situation whch frankly I do not believe.
His fuel bowser had a prominent sign in the front windscreen saying "No Naked Lights, No Flash Photos, No Radios".
Nonetheles the common practice on this airfield is clearly for fuellers to routinely use (admtedly low wattage) Motorola walkie talkie radios .
Is there such a thing as any radio transmitter that is safe within inches of an aircraft fuel nozzle?