Are you guys fed up flying over the UK and all you hear is practise steers being requested on 121.5. It clutters up the freq for the real events as above. If I were UK control I would politely tell them to go away. Any thoughts?
You ask for thoughts... On a recent visit to D and D, student pilots were positively
encouraged to pratcise with PANs (if the frequency was clear)... I'm sure it helps
both the student
and the controller in keeping "up-to-speed". As
dmdrewitt says: "I am sure the controller would immediately terminate the practice call and give full attention to the mayday."
Just my £0.02.