Originally Posted by
terminus mos
Imagine if fixed wing pilots landed at the wrong airport. Its the same thing.
Imagine if fixed wing pilots routinely had destination changes mid-way through their flight and had to sort out loads of radio waffle from ground ops about their next payload.
It doesn't happen, which is why FW rarely lands at the wrong airport. So thank you for reinforcing my point!
Yes there is a job to be done, however when things go wrong all aspects should be looked at rather than just blaming the pilots. The processes surrounding passing route and load changes to crew in flight is necessary but currently a long way from optimal.
So is it your contention that the oil companies have no duty to minimise distraction to the pilots in flight? If so, you are part of the problem. A big part.
Of course not all the blame for unnecessary workload lies with the oil companies. In the UK we have ridiculous arse covering radio waffle with ATC. No only have they invented a whole layer of complexity to do with ATSOCAS which no other country seems to need, but for the sole benefit of ATC there is endless reading out and reading back of types of service and their limitations which sometimes go in for several sentences. All completely pointless and having no bearing on the flight, just arse covering in case someone at NATS might get sued. Have a listen to the offshore frequencies sometime and work out how much of the comms is useful or has any bearing on the safe conduct of the flight. About 50% or less, I'd say.