Originally Posted by
SilsoeSid
All well and good, but what if it's your VHF 2 that has failed?
When would you instigate the call that you've said that you wouldn't make?
Well because I'm a professional pilot, if there were absolutely 0 calls for an extended period, and box two was completely free of animal calls and pilots telling ops their landing times, I would get a radio check. If that didn't come back, I'd 7600, order a tea, and continue enroute.
No doubt you'll now tell me that I should always carry 2 sat phones and 2 copies of every ATC unit in the worlds number. Proper planning and all that lark.