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Old 17th Aug 2014, 00:46
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CaptainMidnight
 
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No, its not a change.

The NOTAM simply reinforces/restates the procedures that have been in place for over 10 years, and are plain common sense.

As I said, the FIA frequency is NOT normally the same as a high level control frequency.

In situations of remote areas where they may be common, and in other areas during periods of light workload where the retransmit facility is active, I suspect ATC are experienced enough to "tune out" mentally to the odd broadcast they hear on an FIA frequency, and "tune in" to a call on a separate control frequency they're using.
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