Yesterday I had RYR9068 and RYR6098 in the sector.
2 Ryanairs being two too many
172_driver UK legislation is this
Transmissions from aircraft in distress have priority over all other transmissions. On
hearing a distress call, all stations must maintain radio silence on that frequency
unless the distress is cancelled or the distress traffic is terminated; all distress traffic
has been transferred to other frequencies; the station controlling communications
gives permission; it has itself to render assistance. Any station which has knowledge
of distress traffic, and which cannot itself assist the station in distress, shall
nevertheless continue listening to such traffic until it is evident that assistance is
being provided. Stations should take care not to interfere with the transmission of
urgency calls.
which is OK until things get busy. - You wouldn't want to be in busy airspace for long with no R/T contact. If there's a secondary freq on the chart or plate, try that on the Nr.2 box or go back to the last freq. worked and request an alternative frequency