Back Pressure
30th Apr 2009, 09:13
I've searched high & low through CASA & DOTARS etc websites for this info but found virtually nothing...my question is:
As a holder of a FROL, am I entitled (or permitted) to use a transceiver to transmit whilst NOT flying ? I ask this as I have, on a number of occasions, seen and heard (VHF receiver) potentially dangerous situations which may have benefited from a brief broadcast to the relevant traffic.
Factual case: night at YMMB CTAF(R), aircraft approaches from southwest, no calls on 118.1, proceeds to enter circuit and starts doing touch&go's, all with no transmissions whatsoever - obviously not good. Traffic calls inbound from the north, receives no response from circuit traffic, so may well assume circuit empty. Does a FROL permit me (on the ground, off-airport) to warn the inbound traffic of the no-radio ?? If I did so warn, would I have transgressed some regulation ?
Hope this isn't too stupid a question, but hey, I'm only GFPT :{
As a holder of a FROL, am I entitled (or permitted) to use a transceiver to transmit whilst NOT flying ? I ask this as I have, on a number of occasions, seen and heard (VHF receiver) potentially dangerous situations which may have benefited from a brief broadcast to the relevant traffic.
Factual case: night at YMMB CTAF(R), aircraft approaches from southwest, no calls on 118.1, proceeds to enter circuit and starts doing touch&go's, all with no transmissions whatsoever - obviously not good. Traffic calls inbound from the north, receives no response from circuit traffic, so may well assume circuit empty. Does a FROL permit me (on the ground, off-airport) to warn the inbound traffic of the no-radio ?? If I did so warn, would I have transgressed some regulation ?
Hope this isn't too stupid a question, but hey, I'm only GFPT :{