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Old 20th Feb 2017, 18:46
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Originally Posted by Jwscud
The airspace over Germany has always seemed to me the most likely place to have a PLOC. There are so many different frequencies for Rhein Radar and you are transferring almost every 2 minutes. Very easy to miss a change then lose the controller.

Plenty of European carriers have had issues over Germany too.
Yup, I'd a loss of contact (on a line check, dammit!).
Thought: 'That's odd shouldn't we have been given a frequency change?' and then it takes a little time to establish comms with the next sector controller.
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