Paging lost pilots on guard
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Paging lost pilots on guard
Just curious, do you controllers have access to the data in field 18 of the filed flight plan of a flight?
If yes, why is SELCAL no option to page those not responding to voice calls? Very most medium and heavy airliners and many bizjets are SELCAL equipped, and most dispatch solutions file it's code in field 18, like SEL/AB-CB.
And before you say your station isn't SELCAL equipped, such encoders are nowadays available even on your smart phone.
Voice calls can be overheard, but the SELCAL going off will alert anyone.
If yes, why is SELCAL no option to page those not responding to voice calls? Very most medium and heavy airliners and many bizjets are SELCAL equipped, and most dispatch solutions file it's code in field 18, like SEL/AB-CB.
And before you say your station isn't SELCAL equipped, such encoders are nowadays available even on your smart phone.
Voice calls can be overheard, but the SELCAL going off will alert anyone.
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Over mainland no a/c will be using HF and that is where the Selcall will normally operate. Although Selcall is a function that is available on VHF I am not aware of many a/c or airlines that use it and 99% of crews would not know what was going 'ding'!!
I believe there have been a few airlines that use VHF Selcall but to have it as a 'system' as you suggest would require enforcement.
I believe there have been a few airlines that use VHF Selcall but to have it as a 'system' as you suggest would require enforcement.
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And before you say your station isn't SELCAL equipped, such encoders are nowadays available even on your smart phone.
Mobile phones are banned from the ops room.
SELCAL functionality is not part of our kit.
As a last resort we would contact the oceanic HF radio station to do a SELCAL if needed.
121.5 is usually faster and its available on each suite.
SELCAL functionality is not part of our kit.
As a last resort we would contact the oceanic HF radio station to do a SELCAL if needed.
121.5 is usually faster and its available on each suite.
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I kid you not
Used many times EVERY shift in this neck of the woods. Even with NOTAMs advising to call 5 minutes before the boundary, aircraft still don't call if they haven't been transferred by the previous unit.
Whatever happened to SITUATIONAL AWARENESS?
Whatever happened to SITUATIONAL AWARENESS?
Goodness me. I can just imagine the stunned silence I would receive by calling whatever contact number for various airlines I could find and asking them to send an ACARS message to a specific plane. I imagine the response would range from 'OK' and them doing nothing to being transferred to their limo service.
I think I will just continue with pressing the button to activate 121.5 and sorting it out myself.
I think I will just continue with pressing the button to activate 121.5 and sorting it out myself.
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Go easy on me
Ive been retired from flt ops for a decade or two but I do remember at the end of the ATC fpln entering REG and SEL.
If we needed to contact an a/c we would phone stokholm radio or portishead radio and im sure i gave the selcal and approx position so when contacted they would be patched through via landline.
So we didnt bother ATC with this communication
Ive been retired from flt ops for a decade or two but I do remember at the end of the ATC fpln entering REG and SEL.
If we needed to contact an a/c we would phone stokholm radio or portishead radio and im sure i gave the selcal and approx position so when contacted they would be patched through via landline.
So we didnt bother ATC with this communication
