Originally Posted by kharmael
I don't know how widespread the sterile cockpit rule is over the entire aviation community, it's obviously quite common amongst airlines. In the UK military there's no such rule! The crew can speak whenever they want, silence tends to fall on the take-off roll and short finals but other than that it's chit chatty. People learn to listen out for the callsign on the radio, and when the tone of voice changes to run checklists or perform a mission-based task everyone goes quiet before resuming conversation post-event. No need for such 'draconian' rules!
If this kind of behavior does not interfere with the job, fine by me.
But by the looks of it, chitchat during this phases of the flight has already caused some lethal accidents...So pilots should avoid engaging in non essential-conversation during take-off or landing, don't you agree?
Is it so hard for them to keep quiet and focus during take-offs or landings? They have the rest of the flight to chitchat.
Regards.